Nope. Cleaning and housekeeping are constant obsession. Navy ships need constant cleaning for spotting technical problems, water leaks, oil leaks, early stage rust and corrosion. A navy ships that is allowed to get dirty is a serious germ and fire hazard.
Hahaha, they were. When you are standing port and starboard watches, which is 6 hours on and 6 hours off they are great. Oh the 6 hours off, that is when you eat, sleep, do PMs and corrective maintenance on your gear, gamble, write letters, watch movies...then back on watch for 6 hours. Good times. USS Cushing DD-985, 1986 to 1990, CF Div., Mk86 Data and Display, Harpoon, FC1. 1984 to 1994.
that's why i always got a top rack. i'm 6'1'' and a middle or bottom rack would have really sucked. i was in va-81 sunliners, cvw 17 attached to the USS Forrestal, 71 to 74.
My countries Navy bought some Submarines from Britain. We had a pretty good deal buying them.... Or so we thought..one caught fire on the way here and a submariner died. The are broken down dented POS. Had a refit and after refit it couldn't dive as deep....I mean its a ficken Submarine you get what you pay for. Proper cockup I see..
@@brpitrepeters7983 I take it you're Canadian? Wasn't Canada that bought second-hand (but still relatively new) subs from the UK? Or maybe it was Australia? Either way, the US should send you some of our remaining Los Angeles-class attack subs for a good price. Of course, that does mean caring for a nuclear reactor.
On another video I watched, the Captain was asked, "Who are the most important members of your crew?" His response, "The cooks. A well fed crew is an efficient and happy crew." RIGHT ON!!
ATMs on on naval vessel? Stainless steel showers and shitters? Phone calls to mom? You guys are pussies compared the the brown water navy in Vietnam. And your uniforms suck.
"There's plenty of room for all your personal belongings and the rack has more than enough room." Sure, as long as you basically have no personal belongings and you've been sleeping in a cardboard box for most of your life. This is basically a recruiting video for the Air Force.
Hehehe, when I left school and was drafted 25 years ago I went to the German Navy full of hopes and dreams and wanted to make that my career. Few months later I was completely cured...
Look at this and go back 60 years ago - and look at the ships in those days. Are go aboard a WW 11 sub and sleep on a torpedo.This scene is first class living.
Please beware . . . the Air Force has its' drawbacks too . . . My first tour of duty was in that western atate of North Dakota. Strategic Air Command had bases in Minot & Grand Forks. My assignment to Minot Air Force Base proved to be an eye opener. Be it the leadership of Staff Sergeant Elkins, Administrative NCO, Lieutenant Furst, Administrative Officer, or Major Smith, Detachment Commander . . . my performance kept them 'on their toes' due to my lefty approach, in all my affairs, both on & off duty. What was so great about MInot . . . leaving ! The grand phrase about Minot, was the following - 'Why not - Minot, Freezins' the reason . . . where there's a girl, behind every tree . . . but there's no trees, in North Dakota' ! 🇺🇸
I retired from the Navy after 21 years. My first two ships were COCHRANE (DDG 21) and SOMERS (DDG 34). Small square lockers, no coffin racks, our racks were canvas and rope on frame. The heads were awful, including the toilets and sinks. Any time we were underway, we were on "water hours" (no showers for 2, 3 or even 4 days at a time). The mess decks were cramped and always hot. The new Arleigh Burke DDGs of today are indeed pure luxury compared to COCHRANE and SOMERS.
@@granty.885 USN does have its redeeming virtues: 3 hots and a cot every night (no sleeping in rice paddies, sand pits, whatever), get to see the world (even though 75% of it >is< water), see lots of ports and meet lots of, er, escorts), don't have to hump a 75# plus ruck into the bush, don't have to sleep with a rifle, I could go on...
Being a marine I loved the ship life, spent 1 year seven months on the fort mchenry back in the day, the racks were better than in the field laying on the ground. I'll would do it again Hands down! Semper fi
I had the honor of working with William T. Sampson III a direct relative to the admiral who the Sampon was named for. Bill's father was the first Army glider pilot to get his wings prior to WW2 and landed in Europe during D day. Bill served in Army Intell in Vietnam. A family with a proud history of military service for our country.
hey all , BIG THANKYOU for your efforts in the New Zealand earthquake relief the U.S.S. Sampson is currenlty doing ( 15/11/16 ) . appreciate the assist ! 2 thumbs up
The last time I was onboard a ship was in 1978, I was ship's company on the Independence and nothing has changed, it still looks the same with exception of the video games and flat screen tv which is nice and I wish I had them way back when.
On the USS Basilone DD-824 in the 70’s my rack was canvas lashed to metal tubes with a thin mattress and the propellers were directly below our berthing area to rock us to sleep. Old destroyers don’t die, they sink them as artificial reefs off of St. Augustine, Florida
Same here. USS Robert H. McCard DD-822 June '65-August '67. Aft birthing compartment. Somewhere along the line they moved us up forward. Don't know which was worse. She was a good ship until the Navy gave it to the Turks. They absolutely trashed her then scrapped her. 😥😥😥
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Thank You! Mr Crider for your time GO NAVY! My family members have spent a lot of time serving Gramp,Uncle's were also Navy WW1,WW2,VietNam,Gulf War's. my brother was a firefighter during the 1st sandbox run. His ship a repair & manufacturing/supply was docked in Bahrain when Scuds hit the Warf,he was not Happy since they thought it was biological. Please try to stay Safe while you keep Us Safe. Once again THANK YOU for Your Service SIR!!! Good Luck to you & ALL Your Shipmates 😊😎
How does it compare to the Canadian Navy? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! It's hard to believe they even had a Navy. Aside from those two guys in a bass boat with a case of Molson!
I was a BM on an old ATF. Believe me, these sailors have no complaints. My ship was a good ship. Our big gun was a 3"/50. We could outshoot the computer guns of the '70s. We rocked and rolled more than destroyers from any era. Don't listen to the Whiners. We were out there to serve. WESTPACs, rescues, towing, supplying, and much more. Still, I earned my 3 Nam ribbons. Also got to visit several good ports: Singapore, HK when it was British, Sasebo at Christmas in the snow, and even Eniwetok. My uncle worked in that region during the tests. I never dreamed of visiting that kind of place. Oh and we saw lots of the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii. Almost the only thing we didn't do was cross the Equator. We got within 60 miles of it but got called back for an important duty. Complaints? That Congress lost us that war, and that we had to remove our mines from VN harbors. I'm not proud to be in the only war we ever lost. But my naval experience, otherwise, was good. Very good. Thanks for this video.
Back in the day of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club. Very expensive initiation dues. If you were a member, esp long enough to get both the Yellow w/red and green stripes and the green/white striped ribbons, you EARNED those damned things. Though we might not have gotten shot at (though several of our tin cans did, not to mention the Swiftees and river boat guys, it was ALL damned hard, hard work! To all my fellow 'Nam vets, regardless branch, Welcome Home!
I served on DDG 10 Sampson 77 to 79 as asst so. Disbo,food serves, ship store . 4 1200 psi boilers. What a screamer. My first ship. Persian gulf yacht club.
Looks like a five star (almost) hotel compared to how we lived on my tin can in the 60’s. Of course my tin can looked like 5 star lodging compared to the days of sailing ships.
I served on the USS FLETCHER DD-992, a spruance class destroyer. I was the IDT (INDEPENDENT DUTY TECHNICIAN) HM. I was disappointed that the Sickbay was not shown. It was my honor to be on the Fletcher.
"plenty of storage space" for sure. You guys eat so well too! As a former airborne infantry trooper, cold, wet and hungry was the order of the day. All I had was what I carried in in my rucksack. You all in the Navy live GOOD! Rock on, Buddy and thanks for your service.
In Boy Scouts I got to sleep in a WWll ship in New Jersey and it was really cool. The coffin racks are not that bad, it only sucks when you hit your head in the morning
Navy enlisted active duty here. It is my duty as a decent human being to be honest before anything, for I serve and will serve for many years my loved USA with honor, courage and commitment. This man is not being honest. There is almost no space to store underneath the racks. The beds are uncomfortable and they don’t even show him getting into one, they cut to when he’s already in one. Most water fountains don’t work, showers are dirty and the floor is lava almost literally due to germs. The food is plain bad. And the amount may not be enough if you’re a strong big man like myself, that different from almost all surface warfare I workout. You almost never have time to eat at peace because you got to go back to work. The dude is even broke. CMC is engaged in the duties he mentioned but its absolutely random if that person is actually qualified and cares about the people. It all is basically up to the Chain of command. It’s a hard working environment where you may end up doing what you don’t like with a bunch of unprepared people. If you are going to SERVE, it’s exactly that, a SERVICE. God bless us all that serve, it has good parts that I can elaborate on if anyone asks me about them. Do not be fooled, it’s not easy.
This is a far cry from the berthing on a wooden hulled 172 foot minesweeper in the '60s. A simple aluminum frame with canvas stretched and and thin mattress. Totally open space with no curtains. Locker was a cube about 20-24" on a side. That was it. Would I do it again? You bet, in a heart beat!
having served 8 years on 2 ships that are virtually identical to the Sampson, and 5 years on a large deck amphib, you learn how to avoid hitting sharp metal objects when your moving, (even going fast to your battle stations)
Working for one of the contractors that build the burks is pretty cool. Not many people have touched every square inch inside and out of a ship like this. Watching this video everywhere the camera is pointed I have a story weather it's mounting a door or I've smacked my face off that same valve 30 times lol
It’s amazing how the electronics and weapons are so modern, as well as cash machines, phones and entertainment systems, but the berthing area is the same as when I reported to my first ship more than 40 years ago. The mess decks are not that different, other than some of the drink dispensers.
I served aboard USS Sampson DDG-10 (LANT SHIP). Good look'in ship; good crew. 1200PSI plant. Our break-away song was "East Bound and Down" from Smokey and the Bandit. She didn't have all the neat stuff DDG-102 has; but still was my home.
As a Marine on deployment stationed on the USS Trenton in 1992, those Navy racks looked pretty comfortable to me. I will also say that the Navy chow was pretty good.
Relative to a Fletcher, yeah. A DDG's as big as a Cleveland CL, but with fewer crew than an old DD. My grandfather had the same remark when I showed him photos of berthings on a Spruance - he was on a Sumner back in WW2.
It really is as uncomfortable as it looks. And when you get in heavy seas you'll fly out (even with your boots tucked under the shitty, thin mattress).
Army guy here and I thought our barracks were bad. We need a Navy and I hope they pay you guys extra for being at sea and not on land. God Bless Each One Of You.
My whole family was Navy and Marines. I am an Army combat paratrooper (Vietnam/Cambodia) and all I have to say is thank you for your service, God bless AND GO ARMY BEAT NAVY!!!
I sailed on USS Sampson DDG-10.....waaaay back in the day. She went into mothballs being 100% functional and outperforming many of the newer ships meant to replace her. #tincansailor
@@rsoleighton5608 I wasn't.. but I'm a plankower on one of her sister ships USS Momsen DDG-92 and retired while stationed on another of her sisters, USS Halsey DDG-97.
I was a Quartermaster 1st class, served 1984-2004, spent 14 years at sea aboard USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22), USS O'Bannon (DD-987) and USS Curts (FFG-38). Also did TDY on on USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Carr (FFG-52) and USS Taylor (FFG-50). I was labeled an expert in surface navigation, boy did I earn and pay for that! Anyway, its good to see the ship's are better than the ones I served on.
Nice chief. Much better attitude than any Sergeant Major I ever met as an Infantry Paratrooper. You all got to stay "fresh and clean" and eat chocolate cake every day. That kind of life is alien to the infantry in the army...and as a paratrooper, even less. You all rock, Navy!
And what in the hell is he doing with his cover inside off the weather decks? No duty belt or side arm so he's not on duty. (From a former tin can sailor and member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club)
He left out the most important part of the ship, the engineering sections. The rest of the ship is useless without electrical power and the propulsion plan to keep the weapons platform "mobile".
yeah I don't remember either the USS Richard L Page or the USS South Carolina being that swanky with the cappuchino and drink machines. I remember many a midwatch having to cut my coffee with a knife!
Hi thanks for the tour. As a Michigander myself and Old Jar Head, if your curious there Is a Navy Destroyer from WW 2 Moored in Bay City Mi and is open to tour. It is Awesome, Again Thanks for your service also , Semper Fi
Not a capuccino machine in sight in those days. And the "fridge" was called a reefer. "Private shower"? Really? Would our host narrator have been so eager to leave if it had been a female sailor? Just sayin"...
@@JeffSpehar-ov1cn screw off what do you do for a living do you think there baby it takes a man to drop a bomb and only hope you didnt hit any of your own or civis
@@evansoutdoors4022 problem is, the air force is the worst for friendly fire casualties. Today it should just be called the American Airlines. let the navy and marine flyers cover us.
@@robertgill3907 well ya as it sadly has to come with the terrortory as as with jets now days your going 600mph and you have to hope your eyes are correct as somethings military looks like insurgents thats why they did that turboprop program with vietnam turboprop
no, but that being said, if you have a choice for a school, you can get stationed on certain classes of ships, example for that one, get a FC school for the SPY-1D (V) radar and you will only go to the newest Arleigh Burke destroyers, starting with DDG-91 and newer.
That rack space makes me more thankful I was a seabee with a twin bed and a room. Funny how Seabees are Navy, but still have no clue about life on the ship is. Best Navy in World still !!
Lifer dog!!!!! Although I made E-5 (IC2)in 2.5 years , declined shore duty for arduous sea duty and completed two Persian Excursions on two different combat ships, I would NEVER recommend the USN as a career. It's a great 2-6 year "Life Experience" for any young person. However, as a career it generates little retirement savings for enlisted personnel, has horrible retirement health care and the transient life style of going to sea does NOT lend itself to ANY kind of normal family life and in fact discourages the married lifestyle-John in Texas
Thats why its called military SERVICE, not "Life Experience". Horrible health care and retirement benefits? Millions of AMERICANS would kill for all the guaranteed retirement and health care benefits, etc. retired military earn by doing their 20 years of ACDU. Civilian work/life is great if you are earning a high 5- 6 figure income. But how about when you are laid off or your 401K plan from your private employer goes down the S....T Hole in a recession? Retire at 38 or 40? How about at 70- or never? Transient lifestyle? Did not your recruiter ever tell you that Navy ships move around-frequently? OOPS! Glad you are happy in your current non-military life. I am sure that you are now finding the same level of camraderie, loyalty,generosity, crazy fun, and brotherhood that you found during your navy days. A career in the US military-Its NOT for everybody....THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE!
@Blake Q Chief, thats why we have RUclips. If everyone always agreed with everyone it would go the way of NETSCAPE & DIAL-UP INTERNET. Thanks for your service.
@Blake QChief, the USN is STILL the easiest branch to get into, but you already know that:) FWIW, I earned my degrees prior to enlisting and declined a commission, but did enjoy my Navy experience-it was my LAST choice for the military-John in Texas
If one retires at E-6, which is the norm, they are lucky to garner maybe $1200 mos. retirement pay! My Vet counselor at TWC, who retired as an IC1, joked with me about how the USN cost him three marriages and 13 years of arduous sea duty-I did 5 years of sea duty and that was ENOUGH!-John in Texas
Need to add a tour of Engineering. This brings back memories of my ASW frigate in the early 1980s. I had the top rack, so a lot more space overhead! We had an additional vertical locker each in our work spaces, the ET shop in my case. Good times.
You know there was a week of deep cleaning stations before this event lol
Nope, US Navy ships are always this clean. A must for extended periods at sea.
@@michaelsearnest Then why does the Navy have field days?
@@michaelsearnest lmao what
Nope. Cleaning and housekeeping are constant obsession. Navy ships need constant cleaning for spotting technical problems, water leaks, oil leaks, early stage rust and corrosion. A navy ships that is allowed to get dirty is a serious germ and fire hazard.
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"Plenty of room" as his shoulder brushes the rack above him. Really comfortable.
Hahaha, they were. When you are standing port and starboard watches, which is 6 hours on and 6 hours off they are great. Oh the 6 hours off, that is when you eat, sleep, do PMs and corrective maintenance on your gear, gamble, write letters, watch movies...then back on watch for 6 hours. Good times. USS Cushing DD-985, 1986 to 1990, CF Div., Mk86 Data and Display, Harpoon, FC1. 1984 to 1994.
I'm only 5'1' tall. When I was active duty I fit in my rack but still had to wiggle to get comfortable.
that's why i always got a top rack. i'm 6'1'' and a middle or bottom rack would have really sucked. i was in va-81 sunliners, cvw 17 attached to the USS Forrestal, 71 to 74.
I'm 6 ft, and never had a problem with any of my racks on board the 3 ships I served on.
Lol
“My card got declined”
Haha if that doesn’t sum up enlisted life
My countries Navy bought some Submarines from Britain. We had a pretty good deal buying them....
Or so we thought..one caught fire on the way here and a submariner died. The are broken down dented POS. Had a refit and after refit it couldn't dive as deep....I mean its a ficken Submarine you get what you pay for. Proper cockup I see..
@@brpitrepeters7983 I take it you're Canadian? Wasn't Canada that bought second-hand (but still relatively new) subs from the UK? Or maybe it was Australia? Either way, the US should send you some of our remaining Los Angeles-class attack subs for a good price. Of course, that does mean caring for a nuclear reactor.
Cool
@@brpitrepeters7983 should have bought American
On another video I watched, the Captain was asked, "Who are the most important members of your crew?" His response, "The cooks. A well fed crew is an efficient and happy crew." RIGHT ON!!
ATMs on on naval vessel? Stainless steel showers and shitters? Phone calls to mom? You guys are pussies compared the the brown water navy in Vietnam. And your uniforms suck.
Going from the navy to working in jail made me realize the navy really was jail.
Except this jail can sink
@@bigtuna4037 Every jail can sink if you try hard enough
There’s a big correlation in infrastructure and social hierarchies between the military and prisons
"There's plenty of room for all your personal belongings and the rack has more than enough room." Sure, as long as you basically have no personal belongings and you've been sleeping in a cardboard box for most of your life.
This is basically a recruiting video for the Air Force.
Hehehe, when I left school and was drafted 25 years ago I went to the German Navy full of hopes and dreams and wanted to make that my career. Few months later I was completely cured...
Nope
Look at this and go back 60 years ago - and look at the ships in those days. Are go aboard a WW 11 sub and sleep on a torpedo.This scene is first class living.
You had plenty of room for everything you were issued in boot camp
Please beware . . . the Air Force has its' drawbacks too . . . My first tour of duty was in that western atate of North Dakota. Strategic Air Command had bases in Minot & Grand Forks. My assignment to Minot Air Force Base proved to be an eye opener. Be it the leadership of Staff Sergeant Elkins, Administrative NCO, Lieutenant Furst, Administrative Officer, or Major Smith, Detachment Commander . . . my performance kept them 'on their toes' due to my lefty approach, in all my affairs, both on & off duty. What was so great about MInot . . . leaving !
The grand phrase about Minot, was the following - 'Why not - Minot, Freezins' the reason . . . where there's a girl, behind every tree . . . but there's no trees, in North Dakota' ! 🇺🇸
I retired from the Navy after 21 years. My first two ships were COCHRANE (DDG 21) and SOMERS (DDG 34). Small square lockers, no coffin racks, our racks were canvas and rope on frame. The heads were awful, including the toilets and sinks. Any time we were underway, we were on "water hours" (no showers for 2, 3 or even 4 days at a time). The mess decks were cramped and always hot. The new Arleigh Burke DDGs of today are indeed pure luxury compared to COCHRANE and SOMERS.
The curtains on the rack are for privacy and muffling the sounds of you crying yourself to sleep every night.
Naw. For private fapping.
Which rating lets you say"I must see the specimen leaving the body"?
If I would've joined the Navy, I would cry myself to sleep every night too.
@@granty.885 Yes. you crying for your mommy cause you can't hack it.
@@granty.885 USN does have its redeeming virtues: 3 hots and a cot every night (no sleeping in rice paddies, sand pits, whatever), get to see the world (even though 75% of it >is< water), see lots of ports and meet lots of, er, escorts), don't have to hump a 75# plus ruck into the bush, don't have to sleep with a rifle, I could go on...
mtv cribs for the USS Sampson
Being a marine I loved the ship life, spent 1 year seven months on the fort mchenry back in the day, the racks were better than in the field laying on the ground. I'll would do it again Hands down! Semper fi
They're the navy's infrantry. But yes, for ship security and boarding of other ships, etc.
Pretty sure laying on the ground would be more comfortable in the long run.
I hung out with some devil dawgs from the Fort Mac . I was on the Ogden LPD 5
@listerone We'd send the Marines up the masts and into the crow's nests so that they could shoot downward on the bad guy's crew.
Being a Marine at sea, you didn't have as many duties as the squids normally did!
Greatest thing about the military and one thing it taught me was to sleep ANYWHERE ANY HOW!
Hahaha i sleep on very narrow angle irons hehe
Here's my middle finger salute to all those leaving negative and offensive comments. My respects for all the men and women serving in the military.
I love how the video editing is like MTV Cribs! lol!
I'm always impressed with our men and women who serve. Not easy, but they do it every day..
I had the honor of working with William T. Sampson III a direct relative to the admiral who the Sampon was named for. Bill's father was the first Army glider pilot to get his wings prior to WW2 and landed in Europe during D day. Bill served in Army Intell in Vietnam. A family with a proud history of military service for our country.
hey all , BIG THANKYOU for your efforts in the New Zealand earthquake relief the U.S.S. Sampson is currenlty doing ( 15/11/16 ) . appreciate the assist ! 2 thumbs up
The last time I was onboard a ship was in 1978, I was ship's company on the Independence and nothing has changed, it still looks the same with exception of the video games and flat screen tv which is nice and I wish I had them way back when.
And to see a movie, you went to the mess decks at 2000 each night.
My son is deployed on a destroyer thanks for giving me an idea of what his home is like.
I served on DDG-10 USS Sampson in the early 90's right before decomm. Would have done 20 years on that boat.
GMM3 on DDG-10 in the 60s
On the USS Basilone DD-824 in the 70’s my rack was canvas lashed to metal tubes with a thin mattress and the propellers were directly below our berthing area to rock us to sleep. Old destroyers don’t die, they sink them as artificial reefs off of St. Augustine, Florida
Same here. USS Robert H. McCard DD-822 June '65-August '67. Aft birthing compartment. Somewhere along the line they moved us up forward. Don't know which was worse. She was a good ship until the Navy gave it to the Turks. They absolutely trashed her then scrapped her. 😥😥😥
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Thank You! Mr Crider for your time GO NAVY! My family members have spent a lot of time serving Gramp,Uncle's were also Navy WW1,WW2,VietNam,Gulf War's. my brother was a firefighter during the 1st sandbox run. His ship a repair & manufacturing/supply was docked in Bahrain when Scuds hit the Warf,he was not Happy since they thought it was biological. Please try to stay Safe while you keep Us Safe. Once again THANK YOU for Your Service SIR!!! Good Luck to you & ALL Your Shipmates 😊😎
US Navy..... just the best Navy in the world, everyone else just plays catch-up! GO NAVY!
How does it compare to the Canadian Navy? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! It's hard to believe they even had a Navy. Aside from those two guys in a bass boat with a case of Molson!
How do you know that? lol Maybe not anymore.
The Royal Navy. U.S coppied it.😁
IAN DOUGHTY can you elaborate?
The US plays catch up with many other nations when it comes to Medical care and Education for it's citizens!
I was a BM on an old ATF. Believe me, these sailors have no complaints.
My ship was a good ship. Our big gun was a 3"/50. We could outshoot the computer guns of the '70s.
We rocked and rolled more than destroyers from any era. Don't listen to the Whiners.
We were out there to serve. WESTPACs, rescues, towing, supplying, and much more. Still, I earned my 3 Nam ribbons.
Also got to visit several good ports: Singapore, HK when it was British, Sasebo at Christmas in the snow, and even Eniwetok. My uncle worked in that region during the tests. I never dreamed of visiting that kind of place. Oh and we saw lots of the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii.
Almost the only thing we didn't do was cross the Equator. We got within 60 miles of it but got called back for an important duty.
Complaints? That Congress lost us that war, and that we had to remove our mines from VN harbors. I'm not proud to be in the only war we ever lost. But my naval experience, otherwise, was good. Very good.
Thanks for this video.
Back in the day of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club. Very expensive initiation dues. If you were a member, esp long enough to get both the Yellow w/red and green stripes and the green/white striped ribbons, you EARNED those damned things. Though we might not have gotten shot at (though several of our tin cans did, not to mention the Swiftees and river boat guys, it was ALL damned hard, hard work! To all my fellow 'Nam vets, regardless branch, Welcome Home!
USS SIOUX (ATF-75). Right you are,sir!
Thanks to all of you for your service!
I served on DDG 10 Sampson 77 to 79 as asst so. Disbo,food serves, ship store . 4 1200 psi boilers. What a screamer. My first ship. Persian gulf yacht club.
gmm 1964 to1966 on DDG 10
Looks like a five star (almost) hotel compared to how we lived on my tin can in the 60’s. Of course my tin can looked like 5 star lodging compared to the days of sailing ships.
the largest of Columbus's vessels was 60 feet overall length -- with a crew of 64!
Volunteer navy versus conscription navy, gotta keep them retention rates
USS Sampson visited NZ and helped us with the Kaikoura Earthquake... thank you from NZ 👍🇳🇿
HOOYAH ⚓️⚓️
Outstanding tour. I am very, very glad that the sailors have great accommodations and well cared for. God bless our armed forces and the US of A.
Luxury my friend - Ships of the 40's an 50's were alike to 3rd. world.
That sailor was cool and the cameraman did a superb job. Our naval forces are in good hands. Makes me proud to be an American.
Wow. Nice to see some comforts. We had one movie projector and that was it.
I served on the USS FLETCHER DD-992, a spruance class destroyer. I was the IDT (INDEPENDENT DUTY TECHNICIAN) HM. I was disappointed that the Sickbay was not shown. It was my honor to be on the Fletcher.
I served on USS Kinkaid DD 965
"plenty of storage space" for sure. You guys eat so well too! As a former airborne infantry trooper, cold, wet and hungry was the order of the day. All I had was what I carried in in my rucksack. You all in the Navy live GOOD! Rock on, Buddy and thanks for your service.
You guys have it so easy. I was on USS Intrepid. 1971-1974 Basic bones. No hand soap in bathroom
Are you kidding?Back in the day we NEVER even had cappucino machines!(lol)
My dad was on the Intrepid on 25 November 1944.....day of the kamikaze attacks....a Marine ......
In Boy Scouts I got to sleep in a WWll ship in New Jersey and it was really cool. The coffin racks are not that bad, it only sucks when you hit your head in the morning
You are a good representative of your ship and the Navy. Enjoyed the tour! Thanks!
Looks like my card got declined
I laughed harder than I shoould have
Navy enlisted active duty here. It is my duty as a decent human being to be honest before anything, for I serve and will serve for many years my loved USA with honor, courage and commitment. This man is not being honest. There is almost no space to store underneath the racks. The beds are uncomfortable and they don’t even show him getting into one, they cut to when he’s already in one. Most water fountains don’t work, showers are dirty and the floor is lava almost literally due to germs. The food is plain bad. And the amount may not be enough if you’re a strong big man like myself, that different from almost all surface warfare I workout. You almost never have time to eat at peace because you got to go back to work. The dude is even broke. CMC is engaged in the duties he mentioned but its absolutely random if that person is actually qualified and cares about the people. It all is basically up to the Chain of command. It’s a hard working environment where you may end up doing what you don’t like with a bunch of unprepared people. If you are going to SERVE, it’s exactly that, a SERVICE. God bless us all that serve, it has good parts that I can elaborate on if anyone asks me about them. Do not be fooled, it’s not easy.
It's hard out here for a surface guy. SMH.
This is a far cry from the berthing on a wooden hulled 172 foot minesweeper in the '60s.
A simple aluminum frame with canvas stretched and and thin mattress.
Totally open space with no curtains.
Locker was a cube about 20-24" on a side.
That was it.
Would I do it again?
You bet, in a heart beat!
From an Army vet. This was pretty cool
Oddly enough Navy shipboard racks really are comfortable! I couldn't believe it myself! I slept like a log. The ship rocking kinda helped to lol
Exactly. Never slept better than when I was on a destroyer!
having served 8 years on 2 ships that are virtually identical to the Sampson, and 5 years on a large deck amphib, you learn how to avoid hitting sharp metal objects when your moving, (even going fast to your battle stations)
Working for one of the contractors that build the burks is pretty cool. Not many people have touched every square inch inside and out of a ship like this. Watching this video everywhere the camera is pointed I have a story weather it's mounting a door or I've smacked my face off that same valve 30 times lol
I eventually hit one at 0400 before a treadmill run and eventually realized I needed sutures lol. It was good times.
I was on the Sampson '14-'17
My hats off to y'all in the Armed forces.
You did a great job, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
It’s amazing how the electronics and weapons are so modern, as well as cash machines, phones and entertainment systems, but the berthing area is the same as when I reported to my first ship more than 40 years ago. The mess decks are not that different, other than some of the drink dispensers.
Y'all forgot the Engineering Spaces... Without the Snipes, the ship doesn't move... ;-)
Jim Fleming hooyah
Yeah, but most engineering spaces are either classified and the snipes dont like topsiders down in our spaces
@@ljt81194 LOL!!! I'm a former engineer myself. Been in the bilgewater more than once. Enjoy.
sounds like a booter to me
Nailed it ! I said the same thing. The forecastle isn't as impressive as the pits in engineering !
I served aboard USS Sampson DDG-10 (LANT SHIP). Good look'in ship; good crew. 1200PSI plant. Our break-away song was "East Bound and Down" from Smokey and the Bandit. She didn't have all the neat stuff DDG-102 has; but still was my home.
me too 64_66
As a Marine on deployment stationed on the USS Trenton in 1992, those Navy racks looked pretty comfortable to me. I will also say that the Navy chow was pretty good.
He had me at, "Remote control machine guns."
Show me where to sign!
BOOM BOOM BA BA BA BA BANG!!!!! BANG BANG BRBRBRBBRBB KABLAMO!!!!
I use to ride a Fletcher. The destroyer navy has really changed. Looks like a lot more comfort for the crew.
Relative to a Fletcher, yeah. A DDG's as big as a Cleveland CL, but with fewer crew than an old DD. My grandfather had the same remark when I showed him photos of berthings on a Spruance - he was on a Sumner back in WW2.
I remember Fletcher's still being around when I rode Gearings (both FRAM 1 & 2) in the '66 - '72 era.
Why is this man, video, and music just oozing early 2000s cheeze like these people have been on that ship for too dang long lol
Thanks for the tour! I appreciate every one of you!
Oh yeah, there’s plenty of room to catch some Zs. A full three inches in every direction!
No no. They're very spacious and comfortable. See Boats Crider barely fits. Too funny.
God Bless and Keep every one of you. Thank you for all you do
Thanks for your service sailor.
Nice Tin Can! GO NAVY! Former EW3 Johnston
“Coffin rack” is all I would need to hear to enlist in the Air Force. 😂
It really is as uncomfortable as it looks. And when you get in heavy seas you'll fly out (even with your boots tucked under the shitty, thin mattress).
Army guy here and I thought our barracks were bad. We need a Navy and I hope they pay you guys extra for being at sea and not on land. God Bless Each One Of You.
My whole family was Navy and Marines. I am an Army combat paratrooper (Vietnam/Cambodia) and all I have to say is thank you for your service, God bless AND GO ARMY BEAT NAVY!!!
What?!! You went up four what?? Flights of stairs?? I don’t think so, Sailor. I only saw LADDERS onboard my ships, lol.⚓️⚓️
Looks a lot more comfortable than my old ship USS England CG-22.
thank you for your service
Army vet here but that tour looked awesome and you did a great job....
Go Army...
I sailed on USS Sampson DDG-10.....waaaay back in the day. She went into mothballs being 100% functional and outperforming many of the newer ships meant to replace her. #tincansailor
me too!
@@Ppurk Yup - out of Mayport, FL. Lots of memories.
@@MrTechHistory good times
Plenty of storage space, my @$$.
Were you on this ship? Lol
LOLZ
Try a sub bunk !
GO NAVY
@@rsoleighton5608 gotta be honest: I was in the Air Force which is the most generous service when it comes to living space.
@@rsoleighton5608 I wasn't.. but I'm a plankower on one of her sister ships USS Momsen DDG-92 and retired while stationed on another of her sisters, USS Halsey DDG-97.
I was a Quartermaster 1st class, served 1984-2004, spent 14 years at sea aboard USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22), USS O'Bannon (DD-987) and USS Curts (FFG-38). Also did TDY on on USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Carr (FFG-52) and USS Taylor (FFG-50). I was labeled an expert in surface navigation, boy did I earn and pay for that! Anyway, its good to see the ship's are better than the ones I served on.
That was excellent. Well done
well the coffin rack has not changed from Adam's class USS Sampson from 40 years ago
I was on ddg10 not much for raçks!
USS Sampson - MTV Cribs edition
Thanks for the tour & your service (and everyone else's aboard)
Great tour, thank you! The Navy rocks!!
HOOYAH ⚓⚓
Good job BM1. Those remote controlled machine guns looked cool. Your two boats looked nice and fast. No drop into the engineering space??
NAVY CRIBBS! lolol Been there DONE THAT!! 2 ships
Nice chief. Much better attitude than any Sergeant Major I ever met as an Infantry Paratrooper. You all got to stay "fresh and clean" and eat chocolate cake every day. That kind of life is alien to the infantry in the army...and as a paratrooper, even less. You all rock, Navy!
This is why you choose the VP Navy. Your own bed, room, go have a drink after work, dry land, and still considered sea duty. Per Diem was nice too!
Laying in the wrack while in uniform.. Well, he is a BM
"Wrack". LOL
"Wrack" You must be a BM too
I'd place him on report and I'm a BM1.
Absolute mad lad sleeps in boots.
And what in the hell is he doing with his cover inside off the weather decks? No duty belt or side arm so he's not on duty.
(From a former tin can sailor and member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club)
USS PRINCETON was here.
What up Jesse in from Detroit too! Thanks for your service man. Cool video you were a great host
My little brother is on this ship! Sail safe everyone - we'll be praying for the Sampson sailors!
Leaving on Jan 6th to great lakes I'm so stoked!
Gavin Taylor did you live
He left out the most important part of the ship, the engineering sections. The rest of the ship is useless without electrical power and the propulsion plan to keep the weapons platform "mobile".
Excellent Job !
Loved the Cribs nod
Thanks for the tour. Salute from the Netherlands! T.
berthing looks same as my Knox, but Galley looks hell of a lot nicer, as did the food. GO NAVY
yeah I don't remember either the USS Richard L Page or the USS South Carolina being that swanky with the cappuchino and drink machines. I remember many a midwatch having to cut my coffee with a knife!
TM1 Retired, 14 yrs a sea 9 yrs on 3 FFs, you are right berthing still the same.
very cool. I did my time in the army, this kinda makes me wish I had done a navy stint too!
(or not!) LOL
Hi thanks for the tour. As a Michigander myself and Old Jar Head, if your curious there Is a Navy Destroyer from WW 2 Moored in Bay City Mi and is open to tour. It is Awesome, Again Thanks for your service also , Semper Fi
Thanks for your service!
I was on a Navy DER back in the 60's. Shipboard life was NOT like this!
Not a capuccino machine in sight in those days. And the "fridge" was called a reefer. "Private shower"? Really? Would our host narrator have been so eager to leave if it had been a female sailor? Just sayin"...
Snobay88 -- which DER & where? My first ship: USA Lowe DER325, Guam
I’m happy I’m in the air force...
Pussies join the air force.
@@JeffSpehar-ov1cn screw off what do you do for a living do you think there baby it takes a man to drop a bomb and only hope you didnt hit any of your own or civis
@@evansoutdoors4022 problem is, the air force is the worst for friendly fire casualties. Today it should just be called the American Airlines. let the navy and marine flyers cover us.
@@robertgill3907 well ya as it sadly has to come with the terrortory as as with jets now days your going 600mph and you have to hope your eyes are correct as somethings military looks like insurgents thats why they did that turboprop program with vietnam turboprop
no, but that being said, if you have a choice for a school, you can get stationed on certain classes of ships, example for that one, get a FC school for the SPY-1D (V) radar and you will only go to the newest Arleigh Burke destroyers, starting with DDG-91 and newer.
I can feel the sarcasm gotta love sailors 08202014
The new NEW Navy. . Really? On the Kitty Hawk we slept on ROCKS!
Hey does any one ever go deep sea fishing in those ships?
I enjoyed that, USN 83-87 USS Midway CV-41 and USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 3 west pac’s in 4 years … haze gray and under way ⚓️
That rack space makes me more thankful I was a seabee with a twin bed and a room. Funny how Seabees are Navy, but still have no clue about life on the ship is. Best Navy in World still !!
Lifer dog!!!!! Although I made E-5 (IC2)in 2.5 years , declined shore duty for arduous sea duty and completed two Persian Excursions on two different combat ships, I would NEVER recommend the USN as a career. It's a great 2-6 year "Life Experience" for any young person. However, as a career it generates little retirement savings for enlisted personnel, has horrible retirement health care and the transient life style of going to sea does NOT lend itself to ANY kind of normal family life and in fact discourages the married lifestyle-John in Texas
Thats why its called military SERVICE, not "Life Experience". Horrible health care and retirement benefits? Millions of AMERICANS would kill for all the guaranteed retirement and health care benefits, etc. retired military earn by doing their 20 years of ACDU. Civilian work/life is great if you are earning a high 5- 6 figure income. But how about when you are laid off or your 401K plan from your private employer goes down the S....T Hole in a recession? Retire at 38 or 40? How about at 70- or never? Transient lifestyle? Did not your recruiter ever tell you that Navy ships move around-frequently? OOPS! Glad you are happy in your current non-military life. I am sure that you are now finding the same level of camraderie, loyalty,generosity, crazy fun, and brotherhood that you found during your navy days. A career in the US military-Its NOT for everybody....THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE!
@Blake Q Chief, thats why we have RUclips. If everyone always agreed with everyone it would go the way of NETSCAPE & DIAL-UP INTERNET. Thanks for your service.
@Blake QChief, the USN is STILL the easiest branch to get into, but you already know that:) FWIW, I earned my degrees prior to enlisting and declined a commission, but did enjoy my Navy experience-it was my LAST choice for the military-John in Texas
Gary L-I started making more $ the minute that I left the service, as my BA is in English and my AAS is in EET-John in Texas
If one retires at E-6, which is the norm, they are lucky to garner maybe $1200 mos. retirement pay! My Vet counselor at TWC, who retired as an IC1, joked with me about how the USN cost him three marriages and 13 years of arduous sea duty-I did 5 years of sea duty and that was ENOUGH!-John in Texas
I thought it was blown up in Battleship
*:)*
This was a great video tour of an amazing ship! Thanks for sharing!
Need to add a tour of Engineering.
This brings back memories of my ASW frigate in the early 1980s. I had the top rack, so a lot more space overhead! We had an additional vertical locker each in our work spaces, the ET shop in my case. Good times.
you can definitely it was made in 2009