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i feel like that guy got a massive self esteem boost to have someone be so excited about what he does. Dow, if you are reading this, thank you for keeping your crew safe.
Destin:asks question Also Destin: answers own question correctly Sailor: yes Destin: thanks man it was a pleasure talking to you. You taught me so much!
I mean... he did get a ton of training and such from his time on the boat. My guess is, the guy was assisting him learn all the cool stuff about the ship, but Destin is better at consolidating the info for the video, and they guy’s confirmation fit best in the video.
They call the burnt candle a clinker because it resembles the burnt coal when forging. In the bottom of the forge, there is a trap, so the gas line doesn't get clogged. And it clinks when cleaning the trap. So, the debris is called clinkers. Amazing as usual. Thanks for taking us along.
@Oliver Von arx Welcome to normie and boomer paradise: let someone else come up with the conclusion so you can say "Hey, I think that's correct" without putting forth any mental capacity of your own. RUclips comment sections are full of these homogeneous, stupid people who point out incredibly obvious observations or copy someone else's comment and say it's their own. Now that I think about it, Reddit is basically the RUclips comment section.
Submarine service is a training environment. Formal training is held weekly for every division. Informal training is held daily on every watch. Chiefs train their group, the more qualified watchstanders within that group then train everyone else who comes to them for assistance. It is very much hands on training but just as much of it is theoretical in nature. Everyone learns to teach their job to the new unqualified guys coming aboard. Every individual develops into a trainer/teacher. The more we train our shipmates to do their job, the more opportunity we have to learn more advanced tasks. The civilian job sector could learn a lot from this method.
Having transitioned to the civilian workforce, I couldn’t agree more. I was happy to have a good job but not pleased to have very little guidance for complex tasks.
I just love how he isn't afraid to ask every question under the sun and how calm the crew is to answer his questions. It's not like school trips where you can't ask about this or that topic or this machine because you'll be an annoyance. No, he just straight out points and just asks "what does this do? How does it work? Can I see it work? Oh, so what happens next? Can I see that too?" He's just a child without a filter and the crew seems to enjoy it as well
Then he got slapped for asking forbidden stuff. Well, not literally, and that's a good thing. With that he learns what stuffs are classified to protect everything securely.
I found college (not university) to be the same. I got pretty far from where I was by just asking every question I wanted too - even to the annoyance of my peers, but the teachers were very willing to teach people truly interested.
I mean, I think people just like talking about their jobs too. I think it's just human nature to want to share your experience and knowledge with other people.
@@aloysiuskurnia7643 yeah I really appreciated that in a couple spots in this video, he asked if it was okay for him to see something. Most things are considered "controlled unclassified" but there are some things that do actually require a secret clearance or higher, and part of that responsibility is keeping it, well, a secret.
@@iangoforth6505 And it is really a matter of life or death over there, so beyond the professionalism... they have a bit of self interest too in learning and running these systems properly. ;)
You have to qualify to stand watches or operate most systems onboard. He had to go through a Qualification sheet and get interviewed/Instructed on every part, then have a full interview by his LCPO and then by his Division Officer to prove he has adequate understanding before he's allowed to stand that watch or operate that system unsupervised.
Scene 1: "Destin, this is our electrolysis system for producing oxygen." Scene 2: scene is missing Scene 3: "Destin, our electrolysis system is down, so we need to light an oxygen candle." What happened in between those two scenes Destin? What did you break?
@@kingmasterlord Sub is surfaced and stationary. Low demand, low risk situation. Maintenance, unscheduled checkups may be in progress. Power limitations are also may be in case, same causes.
@@kingmasterlord Sterling engines make noise though; so powering something by electricity without moving parts is the best solution on an atomic submarine. ;)
The oxygen Petty Officer, internally: "I'm... Not used to people being interested in me talking about what I do for a living." Having been an Avionics Tech for F/A 18s, I came up with my own version of a timeless axiom. "I could tell ya, but then I'd have to bore you to death."
@@D4rkenedskies looks like just a joke to me! He could have easily said "Russian spy" in place of Chinese spy and it wouldn't change the joke. Part of the humor is that you're taking an interest in a subject many find boring, so there *must* be an ulterior motive even though you are genuinely curious
Shmey that's cool. Im currently in aircraft maintenance school and I am training for the mechanical part. Since I am into this world I know a lot more about your work (compared to "normal" people). I don't know anout what it's called in the US, but here in Europe the mechanical side is called B1 and the avionical side is B2. You can't really do something with this information, but I just wanted to tell you that there is somebody out there who kind of understands what you were doing :p
I am an ex-submariner from the 80s (SSN 678). It's amazing that so little has changed as far as O2 generation. Thanks for the video series. It brought back many memories.
U-Boats had the exact same system, so I guess allied submarines had it too. Of course, running it costed battery charge, so it'll make you surface earlier, but how much it needs I don't know. I am not sure if WW1 submarines had it too, but as you see, it is as old as it gets.
I live the discipline and manners of the crew, you can tell how seriously they take their jobs and occupations while also enjoying what they do, you can tell they are in good hands on board
All of these guys seem super sweet and friendly... which makes me realize that these must be essential traits for working such long hours in a confined space like this.
@@SreenikethanI I mean, the reason these guys are all friendly and all, is because they wouldn't be there if they weren't, so all you see is nice people.
The submarine service is volunteer only, always has been. You would HAVE to get along with others or you'd be disqualified from it instantly, 80% of candidates would go on to fail, this is information from some USS Cod veterans and tour guides.
Thank you for filming this. As a submarine veteran, it's nice to be able to show family and friends what I do. There's a but here though. Why isn't this one in your Nuclear Submarine Deep Dive playlist?
@@obyx8044 There's internet, I think spectrum provides it. You can literally just watch internet all day and do nothing. That's why there's so many volunteers!!! =D
I am a 42 years old mech engineer and I decided to become a mech engineer when I was a kid after reading 20.000 leagues under the sea of Jules Verne. Until then I loved submarines, they seem like magical devices for me. So I can not express how much I loved these series. Thanks and thanks so much.
It's really funny, because the big design and manufacturing companies that do this sort of work are always hiring. And it's never because people love their job and customer.
I was happy to spend about 36 hours aboard a brand new Los Angeles class attack sub back in the day. They had impressive Top Secret tech way back then I STILL cannot discuss here. I miss mattering. Today i am just garbage waiting for the trash truck to arrive.
The reason why they are called clinkers is because of the sound that is made when they cool down, same thing happens when you burn coal, you also get glass/silicate and ash as the byproduct with coal. My knowledge of this comes from working with a coal boiler in our house that used to be a part of a train engine, I would ask my dad questions about it all the time. It was used to heat a huge church house by the way, it was pretty good.
Awesome! I didn't know they did that. Your interest in physics and engineering, plus your skill at writing complex information simply will make for an excellent career I think. Stay curious my bro!
Actually, it's an engineering term, derived from german: klinker(eng. clinker) - which is a vitrified byproduct of a mass that was burnt down to vitrification. You can also lookup Clincker brick
Actually, clinker is ferrite clay based ceramic used to make bricks. Check on Wiki. Associacion with the sound it makes while cooling is how the original duch word was created.
Anyone else kinda bummed this series is nearing the end? This has been a fascinating in-depth look into something I'd likely never see personally. Thanks, Destin!
@@nabroscypresk2270bc the military only allows certain things to be filmed and released. Plus Destin probably moving on the the new rover that just landed on Mars, also it's in his wheelhouse.
I've been on submarines for 5 years and still watched this. It's quite interesting to see a civilian perspective describing it rather than the military description I learned. I already knew how the systems worked but still learned a few new facts I didn't know before. Great video.
Do you get to know where in the world you are, or is it just a few high ranks that get to know that? How many crew on your sub? Sorry if I seem nosey, just find it interesting pal.
@Eric Schmidt, from one bubble-head to another (but old-timer), thanks for your service. Never lose pride in the job you do and find joy in each day you serve........ even if hard to do when getting up for all-hands "Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms" drills.
Same here. Although it was over 45 years ago, I recall that we learned about the O2 generators and the CO2 scrubbers as part of our qual process, along with some rudimentary information about these machines. But watching this video, I learned several important details about them that I never previously knew! And at one point in my active duty time I was the ship's DCA ("A" gang division officer)!! Also, I never witnessed the burning of an O2 candle (don't even think I knew where they were stored!). And had either forgotten about, or perhaps never learned about the "backup system" to the CO2 scrubbers! So thanks for this "refresher +"!!
@@mattgosling2657 location info is pretty easily gained as a crew member underway but depending on your job you might not really care unless a port call is involved. Crew sizes depend on class of submarine but on a 688 its around 120
Petty Officer Dow is a Second Class Machinist's Mate(E-5). He's most likely gone through a year's worth of specialized schooling and training for his job. That pin on his chest is a Submarine Warfare pin or "dolphins/fish". It signifies that he's familiar with ALL systems aboard the submarine. This man truly knows his stuff.
I like how it's clear that these sailors aren't just going through the motions as they're ordered to do. They're taught the fundamental concepts behind the job so understand what they're actually doing and why. These extremely complicated machines are being run and maintained by educated men.
Yes everyone on board has to learn each system to this level , to the point where we can all teach it because the higher level the watch station the more reliant on this understanding to perform it and make smart decisions.
I am blown away at the intelligence, humility, bravery and kindness of these sailors. Thank you for hours of entertainment and so much new information!
0:55 today we are going to learn "How to make oxygen in a submarine" I was looking for this video from a long time.. I will be trying this on my submarine today !!! I am excited!!!!! Please like who all are excited like me...
20 Year Submarine Veteran here. Great video! Very accurate. This was very nostalgic for me since i was stationed on the USS Cheyenne SSN-773 which is the same class sub as the Toledo.
@@marcroche9324 You act like every other country on the planet that could possibly do anything to the US doesn't have their own submarines with the same system with a different name.
@@marcroche9324 Bear in mind, its the environmental operations for a Los Angeles class sub. Weve had the Sea wolf class and Virginia class attack subs since. So this is either old news that wasnt shocking/overly secret anymore and/or we have newer items on the new classes.
Nah. XO was keeping an EYE on him. (American English speaking SPY?, Sellout?, trying to get CLASSIFIED info about Nuclear Subs?? LOL it was NOT a Coincidence)
@@jesscast5122 The few things that is classified other than knowing what nuclear its running is how long those people in that submarine gonna be deployed even their family might not be told
He probably had to be there because he was told there was a civilian guest onboard filming. So a courtesy/keep an eye on the guy so he doesn't have an accident.
I got this video recommended the day a private submarine bound to explore the Titanic probably ran out of air many days after it lost contact with the surface... If this isn't irony I don't know what is...
Unfortunately what most likely actually happened is that the private sub imploded on the way down. At least with that they wouldn’t have suffocated and thus suffered.
They failed you then because electrolysis is a simple form of science but a little dangerous for kids. I had old school teaching so for the Leidenfrost effect, I had a teacher light rubbing alcohol and sling it off the desk at students. I was the only one who didn’t move because I knew the flames wouldn’t follow the liquid.
I served on a submarine, back in the late ‘80s. It was the same class sub as this one. I am amazed at how young these guys are. Most of us were in our early 20’s, barely out of childhood, punching holes underwater in a nuclear submarine.
@@KILLCHRISU The dude mumbled and had a drawl on a noisy vessel. I could make out most of it, but subtitles would’ve been nice. I definitely do not suck at English, but some people definitely do suck at speaking it properly 🤷🏻♂️
So when the oxygen is low they have a guy who monitors the level and produces more? Well, when I was in Boy Scouts, I had to monitor the ice machine and when low , I had to fill it!
I have to say, I enjoyed this video immensely. I served on the USS Lafayette (SSBN 616-G) from '78-'83 and I just happened to be the CAMS tech on my boat. It's been nearly forty years, so obviously there have been many upgrades(the display screen being the most obvious). But, none the less, seeing the cabinet and hearing crewman Dow discuss it's operation...I found myself in a state of reminiscing. Good times... God Bless our Armed Forces...and most especially our Submarine Fleet.
Imagine being the person who decided oxygen candles were a thing and was trying to explain it - "so yeah right, what we do is set off this self-sustaining oxidising metal fire, right... so long as it doesn't melt its way through the hull everything is OK".
I'd gladly sink a sub if it meant getting rid of even a single crypto mining rig. I'd destroy all the mining garbage, if I could. Painfully, unlike Thanos.
Yep, he's great. He knows the answers to all the questions, already. He asks questions for our benefit. It's still over my head but, I enjoy seeing it all.
I’m enjoying this series. Brings me back to my submarine days in the 1980’s. I was the boat’s oxygen generator technician, and ran the O2 generator and CO2 scrubber. Hearing the oxygen generator was down brought back memories of one of my deployments.
I remember when we blew out a zinc in the O2 generator ("bomb") and had major flooding in AMR2. Shutting down an O2 generator in such cases is very technical to make certain the H2 gets off.
@@markbernhardt6281yeah, the rest of us joke about how the A-gangers are all just a bunch of wrench turners, but at the end of the day they're pretty essential to almost every system on the boat. Respect from an ETV!
@@justandy333 it is slang for Auxiliary Division. We are machinist mates of the fresh air Snipes. We study about non-nuclear main propulsion, however on a nuke boat we do not. We have equipment fwd to aft, top to bottom of a boat. Even in the ballast tanks. We clean the air and make the oxygen. Operate the emergency diesel. All damage control equipment, hatches and escape trunks. High pressure air systems and air compressors. All air system high and low with a few exceptions. All valves and Regulators, Electro pneumatic electro hydraulics. All hydraulic plants, Accumulators, pumps both ships and external hyd. For mast and Antennas. Mechanical parts to all mast and antennas.
@2:33 you can see the officer that is constantly with them who cuts off whoever he talks to if they mention anything that isn't allowed to be shared. You can see a couple times there's a camera cut, which most likely meant they cut a part from the video, and started over after the guy had been couched on what he had to leave out :)
@@briansonnenfelt7125 That’s why they spoke about cams in the video^^ But you don’t know what they spoke about in the cut footage... The video got reviewed by the Navy before uploading and they probably cut some conversations out. Like in those obvious cuts.
@@briansonnenfelt7125 This series is all once visit to the submarine, not many visits, so the officer i pointed out has followed him around the whole visit. Destin explained himself how that was his role, and how the agreement was just that destin can talk to people and ask question if any popped up. If footage was cut, it would be due to either the officer stepping in during the questions, or something that was noticed when the navy reviewed the tapes later before releasing them to destin (fx if he filmed something unintentionally while walking around with the camera, that was not allowed to be shared). Cams is obviously not classified as it made it into the series, but like Dow mentions; he does maintenance/mechanical work on 90% of the systems around the vessel - many of which are bound to be classified.
@@Ragnaroz6000 But of course there are also going to be cuts for time. The video is already 30 minutes long. If you don't cut it down, it would be an hour or more.
When I started this video I thought "there's no way it takes 30 minutes to explain this," and by the end it felt like 5 minutes had passed and I realized there is so much I hadn't considered like how to remove CO2. Great video!
In combat yes, but when we're underwater we are fighting the elements which could easily sink the boat. Flooding, fire, etc and all submariners die....
@@jonathangalt3773 Add compressed air leaks, toxic gases from batteries, mechanical failures, undersea mounts, other subs and used to have to avoid potential torpedoes launched by an out of control Ivan. Good times.
So all crew members have their jobs witch they HAVE to understand fully and get educated for, and if any of them fail their job it could comprimise the entire sub and crew So its only logical to know your stuff
This is something that was not mentioned in the video - Electrolysis creates both Oxygen and Hydrogen. What do they do with the hydrogen? pump it into the sea as well?
This series is a great way to give family and friends an idea of life on the boat. Not so much the technical details, but just the tight quarters jammed with piping, cable runs and equipment. My daughter ..."Do you know what all those things do? Put out fires? Drive the boat? Launch missiles?" She was also impressed by the knowledge of the crew (even the A-gangers:-). We submariners kind of take it all for granted, but people really have no idea.
It’s the little things that we take for granted because they become common place, and it’s not something that I usually bring up about my time in, which is relatively similar to what is being shown. It’s interesting to see these things from a different view point.
@@kristen0009 actually no, when you hear them talk about a class delta fire, for the navy, that’s any type of metal that can burn or combust. The most common way to put these types of fires out is to submerge it in water.
These sailors are amazingly educated on their respective assigned tasks. Answering very technical questions with detailed information from memory. Brilliant!
As a former sailor that went through the Nuclear training to run a reactor on a ship, you have to know your systems inside and out. On subs, you have to know much more than just the systems you operate. And no, I never went to the fleet as a Nuke ET... I went into the Navy with a college degree and did well enough in both A and C school that I was selected to attend OCS while I was stationed in SC going through prototype. I went into the fleet as a Naval Supply Officer.
This has probably been my favorite part of this series. Yes, the other stuff like weapons and controls are super cool, but it's the details of what you need to survive is even more important and interesting. As someone who plans on going to Mars and will be older (so a one-way trip), I've been studying stuff like this this so that I can perform multiple roles while there. If I don't get to go to Mars, this is still super interesting because this is what's NECESSARY to do anything else on the boat. I hope you got to film a ton of other "mundane" things on the boat because this is the real meat of what makes these super complicated machines work. Like the kitchen stuff you did, mundane compared to nuclear tech but super cool because everyday people can relate to them and we all do it, just in a different way.
The mundane stuff is the important stuff. Battles and weapons are flashy, but none of it means anything if your troops don’t have the basic necessities they need to survive and function effectively. You can’t win a war with starving, dehydrated troops. “Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics.” - Gen. Robert H. Barrow, USMC.
While I was watching I was like "My english sucks, I didn't get it." when I read your comment i was like "Oh.. sure.. class D, burning metals..I learned that one years ago in the fire dept." :D
Yup... it takes a chemical nicknamed “Purple K”.... which is worse then the fire you are fighting. It’s primarily used in airport crash trucks to fight what is known as a “Mag Fire”.
@@das_freddi7407 Yeah, threw me initially, as well. The guy's military, sounding out the letter for clarity. I actually had to look it up, myself. Yeah, Class D metal fires look pretty dang scary :)
On that pre-heating portion: You want cool lean MEA in the scrubber and you want hot rich in the stripper. So you could either put a refrigerator or radiator behind the stripper and waste all the heat you put into the MEA or you can use a heat exchanger. With a heat exchanger you transfer the hear from the rich MEA you want to cool down into the lean MEA you want to heat up. This reduces the need to put additional energy into the system for heating and cooling.
@@Obi117kh CO2 is soluble in cool basic solutions and when it is dissolved it becomes a carbonate ion. MEA is a base so when solutions of it are cold and carbonate free they can collect CO2 from even from CO2 depleted sources such as breathable air. Carbonate ions become unstable at high temperature decomposing to produce pure CO2 gas which can be ejected from the submarine. Ergo you want it cool for the part of the cycle when it is absorbing CO2 and thus going from lean to rich and hot when you want it to emit CO2 gas to reduce the richness and return to being lean. You have to go through this cycle as MEA has a maximum capacity for CO2 absorption before it won't absorb more. Note the same cyclical reaction can be done with the Lithium Hydroxide however were as hot for MEA is 150-200 C hot for Lithium hydroxide/carbonate is 1300-1400 C.
I totally feel smarter today. This was amazing to watch, electrolysis is so interesting and who would have thought "burning a candle" would be an oxygen generator. Thanks Destin and all the sub crew, respect to all servicemen.
@@dareese6778hey would use consumable CO2 scrubbers, Rebreathers etc. plus they were historically diesel electric so couldn’t remain submerged for too long
Same here. I made the mistake of clicking on one. Anyway, the guys that published content on subs and had niche viewers suddenly are drowned in views. Happy for them.
Destin, along with being 1) A fantastic science communicator 2) A cracking video editor and cameraman 3) Extremely entertaining Above all of those, in my opinion, you're a fantastic role model of what it means to be a man. Polite, curious, inquisitive, humble, generous. Thankyou for putting so much work into what you do.
The dude in the beginning he talked to is so smart his words come out of his mouth slower then his brain processes them. I'm very happy to have people like him running sub safety for us.
Everyone he talked to seemed very intelligent to me. Of course I'm a civilian that hasn't spent a day in the military, so my bar could be set pretty low compared to what's expected in positions of the military like that. Actually I'm convinced that you won't find anyone that's somewhere below above average on a sub as far as being intelligent. Because I imagine one weak link anywhere on the ship could compromise safety by a lot.
@@donoimdono2702 True. It's hard to convince our politicians of anything these days. Of course I'm not sure how the military can attract more smart minds, maybe by starting with higher pay?
@@reallynotbob6 everyone on the submarine that wears dolphins has qualified submarines. To qualify you have to have general knowledge of all systems on the boat. You need to be able to draw them. Supply power to them (fire). Isolate and cross-connect them. Any person if they had to should be able to save the boat (subs traditionally are called boats not ships). Everyone onboard is also trained in firefighting, damage control and firearms. Not enough room to carry people who only have 1 job.
Howling at the closed captioning 5:33 (chirp) ... (ALL THE CHIRPS) 🤣🤣🤣🤣 15:41 [Laughs like a man who has accidentally touched hot things in the past] 16:58 (Trying to make me feel good) YOU ARE a creator of oxygen
I don't know of any sixth grade science class that created hydrogen gas (which is explosive). The closest I saw was the vinegar and baking soda volcano.
@@danceswithdirt7197 We did. We all did it (in groups) with prefabricated transparent devices. We didn't combine the gases, but I think we took our H2 test tube an lit it, making a nice high pitch fast-changing tone (like blowing on a bottle). After electrolysis he teacher combined the two bags of H2 and O2 and ignited it, making a sharp but seemingly low energetic bang -> back to water.
The gloves are out of habit, since the sailor is normally handling HOT mass. Destin has no experience, so he's touchy-touchy. But he should have asked about the clinker before touching in case it was toxic or corrosive. We only later learned it's rusty saltlicks.
File this under “things you don’t see everyday”. I liked the sailor that said “I’ve been on here 4 years and I’ve never seen this”. Just shows you how many moving parts there are to a vessel and how specialized and important roles are. Great video. Very interesting in some weird way. Lol.
I did once, I cleaned the toilet and forgot I had another cleaner already in the toilet. I realised my mistake as soon as the liquid hit the toilet. My toilet didn't have a window at the time either.
@ 7th Boss, this was one of the hazards of Diesel Electric Submarines (Diesel Engines turn Generators... The Generators, Generate Electricity ... the Electricity is stored in the batteries... the electricity from the batteries is used to propel the submarine via the main motors,) A flood or even a small leak into the battery compartment had the potential to cause Chlorine gas. Sea water is used as ballast and the deeper the Submarines goes, the more pressure of the external sea water. This is one of the reasons that a mine exploding close to a Submarine had the potential to sink the submarine. The explosion would cause cracks in pipe work or break flanges and sea water would rush in, sea water then acts as ballast and the submarine sinks uncontrollably, sea water gets into the battery compartment causing the batteries to produce chlorine gas and shorting out the batteries causing loss of power to the main motors and no propulsion. The deeper that the Submarine sinks, the more seawater floods in because of the pressure and the more concentrated the toxic air/gas within the Submarine becomes. All in all , it's a nasty way to die. 785 German U-Boats, 52 U.S. Navy Submarines, 79 British Royal Navy Submarines and 128 Japanese Navy Submarines were lost/sunk during World War II. The total loss of all Submarines in WWII is estimated at 1,482 not including mini or midget submarines!
Dow, from one Buckeye to another, thank you and your mates thank you for your service. A fella from Ohio in a submarine. Proud of all of you, current or veterans, thank you and bless you all.
Aside from the cool knowledge, one great thing about Smarter Every Day is the wholesome interaction between Destin and the people he interviews. Thank you Destin for making great videos, showing cool things, and letting us know about these great people that keep things working.
I love how every solution has a backup in case of a power outage. Really does show the ingenuity at play to allow people to survive underwater for extended periods of time.
I wonder, do they have a maneuver where they go at 45 angle and fire a torpedo to break the ice in case they must surface to survive? I mean, they aren’t currently at war with any nation that has ice sheets?
Years ago I owned a torch called SolidOx. It used a mini oxygen candle and propane. I haven't thought of this in years. I learned something today too. Thank you for posting.
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Can't wait to see what you have in store next!!!
Thanks Destin!
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Great video👍🏿
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I learned something, it was free, the dude was nice, and it wasn’t clickbait... nice
Welcome to Smarter Every Day
Just like all the other videos
Old reliable
It wasn’t free
You got smarter today 😉
i feel like that guy got a massive self esteem boost to have someone be so excited about what he does. Dow, if you are reading this, thank you for keeping your crew safe.
I thought the same thing. So cool and what a great guy.
Yep, God bless him
Being on submarines suck, I know, I was on 3 of them for about 11 years.
I’ll let him know
@Samuel Sandoval especially if it's a cool, somewhat sophisticated, and important job but doesn't get enough appreciations from people
Destin:asks question
Also Destin: answers own question correctly
Sailor: yes
Destin: thanks man it was a pleasure talking to you. You taught me so much!
😆
destin knows too much, is it possible to gain this power?
I mean... he did get a ton of training and such from his time on the boat. My guess is, the guy was assisting him learn all the cool stuff about the ship, but Destin is better at consolidating the info for the video, and they guy’s confirmation fit best in the video.
Yea i feel like destin is a person like that😀
Confirming supposition is teaching.
They call the burnt candle a clinker because it resembles the burnt coal when forging. In the bottom of the forge, there is a trap, so the gas line doesn't get clogged. And it clinks when cleaning the trap. So, the debris is called clinkers. Amazing as usual. Thanks for taking us along.
Ah so thats why burnt coal is called clinker
Also clinker bricks ;)
@@GerinoMornthey are literally THE traditional building material where I come from!
can you do a video on how they make oxygen in space stations
That's a dutch word for a brick because of the sound it makes when breaking it. Usually double baked stones, they make a higher pitched sound.
If pictures are worth a 1000 words, an animation is worth 1,000,000 pictures. That animation was really awesome.
Time stamp?
22:56 is the CO2 scrubber animation.
17:07 is the O2 candle animation.
8:12 Reverse Osmosis water filtration
Love your videos! Keep it up. Your amazing! 👍
-Are you igniting it now?
-No, YOU are
-I am?!
-you are.
**grown man giggles**
Are you new here? Welcome! Destin giggles are one of the main vicarious draws to this channel.
@Oliver Von arx Well this comment at least added the *grown man giggle* for humor
Here 16:04 you are welcome.
@Oliver Von arx Welcome to normie and boomer paradise: let someone else come up with the conclusion so you can say "Hey, I think that's correct" without putting forth any mental capacity of your own. RUclips comment sections are full of these homogeneous, stupid people who point out incredibly obvious observations or copy someone else's comment and say it's their own. Now that I think about it, Reddit is basically the RUclips comment section.
Hands-on learning!
"So, you're about to ignite it?"
"No, you are."
Navy vet. Can confirm, this sailor has 100% trained juniors on this before.
I think he's gonna get fired for that,
Poor bro.
@@rasadams9034 Not a chance
This was my exact thought! ‘Somebody’s been a trainer before!’
Submarine service is a training environment. Formal training is held weekly for every division. Informal training is held daily on every watch. Chiefs train their group, the more qualified watchstanders within that group then train everyone else who comes to them for assistance. It is very much hands on training but just as much of it is theoretical in nature. Everyone learns to teach their job to the new unqualified guys coming aboard. Every individual develops into a trainer/teacher. The more we train our shipmates to do their job, the more opportunity we have to learn more advanced tasks. The civilian job sector could learn a lot from this method.
Having transitioned to the civilian workforce, I couldn’t agree more. I was happy to have a good job but not pleased to have very little guidance for complex tasks.
well done RUclips.
absolutely outstanding recommendation
quite so man
i was like, no way this was made a year ago.
😂 this also just popped up on my side 😂
@@hakadmediathere were videos about submarines before the titan story just so you know
@johnvincentornido4961hehe me too
I just love how he isn't afraid to ask every question under the sun and how calm the crew is to answer his questions. It's not like school trips where you can't ask about this or that topic or this machine because you'll be an annoyance. No, he just straight out points and just asks "what does this do? How does it work? Can I see it work? Oh, so what happens next? Can I see that too?" He's just a child without a filter and the crew seems to enjoy it as well
Yeah, the young sailors will answer anything. That's why the XO was always nearby Watching, listening..................
gotta watch out for MOLES!!!
Then he got slapped for asking forbidden stuff.
Well, not literally, and that's a good thing. With that he learns what stuffs are classified to protect everything securely.
I found college (not university) to be the same. I got pretty far from where I was by just asking every question I wanted too - even to the annoyance of my peers, but the teachers were very willing to teach people truly interested.
I mean, I think people just like talking about their jobs too. I think it's just human nature to want to share your experience and knowledge with other people.
@@aloysiuskurnia7643 yeah I really appreciated that in a couple spots in this video, he asked if it was okay for him to see something. Most things are considered "controlled unclassified" but there are some things that do actually require a secret clearance or higher, and part of that responsibility is keeping it, well, a secret.
There goes my theory of subs having bonsai trees everywhere.
Those are classified.
@ in the engine room
What do you think is inside the nuclear reactor..?
Just remember, all the cool stuff is in the engine room, ask me how I know
lmfao
"So you're gonna light it?" "No, you are." That's why you do not conceal enthusiasm. So then good people can let you have fun.
That's a great way of looking at it... It goes with showing gratitude! luckily science makes my eyes twinkle and run my mouth :D
Crew:"No you are"
Me: **hugs everybody in the room** "I love you guys."
This is just the age-old navy tradition of teaching someone else to do your job so you can go do something else
I Agree - enthu / curosity of my cousin lead me & him get a peak inside a locomotive from a kind motorman (driver) :-)
The Navy guys really know their stuff! I’m very impressed with their professionalism.
You can tell they only put their brightest on those subs. No room for stupid.
The qualification process to be able to work on the equipment is fairly extensive.
@@iangoforth6505 And it is really a matter of life or death over there, so beyond the professionalism... they have a bit of self interest too in learning and running these systems properly. ;)
can you do a video on how they make oxygen in space stations
He's looks so young yet knows every little detail when questioned. Props to Dow from Ohio
I'd assume he has to know! Military is questioned in many areas, but I think most would agree that its training is no joke.
My guess.He is intelligent
You have to qualify to stand watches or operate most systems onboard. He had to go through a Qualification sheet and get interviewed/Instructed on every part, then have a full interview by his LCPO and then by his Division Officer to prove he has adequate understanding before he's allowed to stand that watch or operate that system unsupervised.
@@stefaan9101 You'll be surprise how little intelligence has to do with it. Everyone is required to know everything on a submarine.
I was a Yeoman. I knew how to check different areas on CAMS.
Scene 1: "Destin, this is our electrolysis system for producing oxygen."
Scene 2: scene is missing
Scene 3: "Destin, our electrolysis system is down, so we need to light an oxygen candle."
What happened in between those two scenes Destin? What did you break?
It may be classified, many of these technologies on the submarine are kept secret, maybe this is one of them.
I would have it be powered by Sterling engines that use the coldness of the hull of the ship
@@kingmasterlord Sub is surfaced and stationary. Low demand, low risk situation. Maintenance, unscheduled checkups may be in progress. Power limitations are also may be in case, same causes.
@@kingmasterlord Sterling engines make noise though; so powering something by electricity without moving parts is the best solution on an atomic submarine. ;)
@@QuantenMagier oh they've got silent ones now
"we're low on oxygen, we gotta burn these candles so we don't suffocate"
"Oh neat, before you do that can I get a quick interview?"
As long as the electrolysis is running well you don't really want to use consumables to create oxygen. It would be a waste.
Yes, that’s what we do.
@@wouter12wpp Well they pointed out that their electrolysis system wasn't working at that point.
As a Russian spy, I really appreciate this video. Thanks for the info and long live the motherland.
this was all planned from the beginning
as a french spy
he could be anyone of us
@@TheTlank we should be real careful
@@rishyanth-zh9bv nah, fire
@@TheTlank bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The oxygen Petty Officer, internally:
"I'm... Not used to people being interested in me talking about what I do for a living."
Having been an Avionics Tech for F/A 18s, I came up with my own version of a timeless axiom.
"I could tell ya, but then I'd have to bore you to death."
I'm interested..
@@D4rkenedskies Chinese spy confirmed.
@@PumpkinHoard why? Can't I just be curious? I m from East buth way south side and is bataknese 100%...
@@D4rkenedskies looks like just a joke to me! He could have easily said "Russian spy" in place of Chinese spy and it wouldn't change the joke. Part of the humor is that you're taking an interest in a subject many find boring, so there *must* be an ulterior motive even though you are genuinely curious
Shmey that's cool. Im currently in aircraft maintenance school and I am training for the mechanical part. Since I am into this world I know a lot more about your work (compared to "normal" people). I don't know anout what it's called in the US, but here in Europe the mechanical side is called B1 and the avionical side is B2. You can't really do something with this information, but I just wanted to tell you that there is somebody out there who kind of understands what you were doing :p
"I'm from Ohio"
"Oh."
This is the only appropriate response to that statement.
I'm just curious, why?
I just said it because it's funny. I'm from NJ, same thing applies to my state. All in good fun.
The problem is that if you say "Oh" is that we Ohioans have to respond "i-o"
And he's on the Toledo, that's the part I thought was funny.
@@nates9536 agreed its natural for us
I am an ex-submariner from the 80s (SSN 678). It's amazing that so little has changed as far as O2 generation. Thanks for the video series. It brought back many memories.
+1 A-fish alum, late '80s.
U-Boats had the exact same system, so I guess allied submarines had it too. Of course, running it costed battery charge, so it'll make you surface earlier, but how much it needs I don't know. I am not sure if WW1 submarines had it too, but as you see, it is as old as it gets.
They have a new system for virginia and columbia class boats. I make them at my work
@@KyleParker-gw2bg
Cool....I wonder why their changing ?
This system looks bullet proof.
I think that’s about to change as of Saturday.... Tell the Indonesians
I live the discipline and manners of the crew, you can tell how seriously they take their jobs and occupations while also enjoying what they do, you can tell they are in good hands on board
The best part is the crew wandering onto the recording, the smile they give is legendary!
I came here to comment about this! I love seeing these Navy Sailors get awkward for walking on shot and then backing away 😂
@@gabyrocha4467 I love that they are the unsung hero's of this video, getting just a moment of recognition. :)
Understatement.
All of these guys seem super sweet and friendly... which makes me realize that these must be essential traits for working such long hours in a confined space like this.
😂
@@jamesonwilliams4988 wh-what's funny?
@@SreenikethanI I mean, the reason these guys are all friendly and all, is because they wouldn't be there if they weren't, so all you see is nice people.
@@DrakyHRT no no i was replying to @Jameson who typed a laughing emoji
The submarine service is volunteer only, always has been. You would HAVE to get along with others or you'd be disqualified from it instantly, 80% of candidates would go on to fail, this is information from some USS Cod veterans and tour guides.
And now Destin has just taught the internet how to make chlorine gas. This can never end badly.
I know an easier way off the top of my head. Be careful when cleaning!
@@rainbowtheythemshe1115 Don't mix cleaning products! It's like crossing streams!
dont store your pool chemicals in stupid places, like in proximity of your tools in the garage ;)
.... you learn this in 10th grade
@@praguecr4006 See you on the other side, Ray.
Man these men on the submarine did a great job, good job fellas. Thank you for your service.
Sniffer settings:
- Small
- Medium
- Not great, not terrible
- Oops
Ooh the Chernobyl reference.
👃
H10 one of the best refrigerant detectors
3.6 percent r-134, not great not terrible
Thank you for filming this. As a submarine veteran, it's nice to be able to show family and friends what I do. There's a but here though. Why isn't this one in your Nuclear Submarine Deep Dive playlist?
Hey, did you hear about the sunk sub in Indonesia just last week?
@@hwinangkoso rip all the people who died:(
Wait you can watch RUclips in the submarine. There’s internet underwater?
@@obyx8044 There's internet, I think spectrum provides it. You can literally just watch internet all day and do nothing. That's why there's so many volunteers!!! =D
I am a 42 years old mech engineer and I decided to become a mech engineer when I was a kid after reading 20.000 leagues under the sea of Jules Verne. Until then I loved submarines, they seem like magical devices for me. So I can not express how much I loved these series. Thanks and thanks so much.
I read 200000 leagues under the sea in college....great book 📖😅
It's really funny, because the big design and manufacturing companies that do this sort of work are always hiring. And it's never because people love their job and customer.
I was happy to spend about 36 hours aboard a brand new Los Angeles class attack sub back in the day. They had impressive Top Secret tech way back then I STILL cannot discuss here.
I miss mattering. Today i am just garbage waiting for the trash truck to arrive.
you look old for 42 this is depressing
i decided to become pirate and go to some island (just kidding ) Jules Verne😅
What a time for RUclips to recommend me this video
The reason why they are called clinkers is because of the sound that is made when they cool down, same thing happens when you burn coal, you also get glass/silicate and ash as the byproduct with coal. My knowledge of this comes from working with a coal boiler in our house that used to be a part of a train engine, I would ask my dad questions about it all the time. It was used to heat a huge church house by the way, it was pretty good.
Awesome! I didn't know they did that.
Your interest in physics and engineering, plus your skill at writing complex information simply will make for an excellent career I think. Stay curious my bro!
Like a car engine cooling down?
Actually, it's an engineering term, derived from german: klinker(eng. clinker) - which is a vitrified byproduct of a mass that was burnt down to vitrification. You can also lookup Clincker brick
Actually, clinker is ferrite clay based ceramic used to make bricks. Check on Wiki. Associacion with the sound it makes while cooling is how the original duch word was created.
Easy “skippy” haha to, segura wants his joke back lol
Anyone else kinda bummed this series is nearing the end? This has been a fascinating in-depth look into something I'd likely never see personally. Thanks, Destin!
Yes it’s unfortunate it’s coming to a end, very cool experience to see for sure!
Thank you. Now, when people ask me what it was like, I just direct them to your videos.
YES! I could watch him go over every corner of the sub and would be interested. Destin just draws you in on how things work. Dynamic systems.
Why is it going to end?
@@nabroscypresk2270bc the military only allows certain things to be filmed and released. Plus Destin probably moving on the the new rover that just landed on Mars, also it's in his wheelhouse.
I've been on submarines for 5 years and still watched this. It's quite interesting to see a civilian perspective describing it rather than the military description I learned. I already knew how the systems worked but still learned a few new facts I didn't know before. Great video.
Do you get to know where in the world you are, or is it just a few high ranks that get to know that? How many crew on your sub? Sorry if I seem nosey, just find it interesting pal.
@Eric Schmidt, from one bubble-head to another (but old-timer), thanks for your service. Never lose pride in the job you do and find joy in each day you serve........ even if hard to do when getting up for all-hands "Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms" drills.
@Eric - Whenever you have a hardware question, can you Google for an answer?
Same here. Although it was over 45 years ago, I recall that we learned about the O2 generators and the CO2 scrubbers as part of our qual process, along with some rudimentary information about these machines. But watching this video, I learned several important details about them that I never previously knew! And at one point in my active duty time I was the ship's DCA ("A" gang division officer)!! Also, I never witnessed the burning of an O2 candle (don't even think I knew where they were stored!). And had either forgotten about, or perhaps never learned about the "backup system" to the CO2 scrubbers! So thanks for this "refresher +"!!
@@mattgosling2657 location info is pretty easily gained as a crew member underway but depending on your job you might not really care unless a port call is involved. Crew sizes depend on class of submarine but on a 688 its around 120
Good video to watch with my fellow billionaires 💯🗣🔥
Petty Officer Dow is a Second Class Machinist's Mate(E-5). He's most likely gone through a year's worth of specialized schooling and training for his job. That pin on his chest is a Submarine Warfare pin or "dolphins/fish". It signifies that he's familiar with ALL systems aboard the submarine. This man truly knows his stuff.
I like how it's clear that these sailors aren't just going through the motions as they're ordered to do. They're taught the fundamental concepts behind the job so understand what they're actually doing and why. These extremely complicated machines are being run and maintained by educated men.
That's the submarine force for you!
They're engineers. Taught life skills that can be used in civvy street
Yes everyone on board has to learn each system to this level , to the point where we can all teach it because the higher level the watch station the more reliant on this understanding to perform it and make smart decisions.
I am blown away at the intelligence, humility, bravery and kindness of these sailors. Thank you for hours of entertainment and so much new information!
The Nigerian military with all their weakness and failures still are so mean to civilians,they treat civilians so cruel. God bless US marines...
Their not sailors their submariner’s. Big difference.
@@matty6848 no disrespect intended. Not sure I can say the same for your comment though.
@@matty6848 they’re not their. Big difference
@@thisismenotgivingafu who cares🙄
0:55 today we are going to learn "How to make oxygen in a submarine"
I was looking for this video from a long time..
I will be trying this on my submarine today !!! I am excited!!!!!
Please like who all are excited like me...
20 Year Submarine Veteran here. Great video! Very accurate. This was very nostalgic for me since i was stationed on the USS Cheyenne SSN-773 which is the same class sub as the Toledo.
Awesome…
So, your're OK with the environmental operations aboard a serving Nuclear Sub being put
on the tube?
@@marcroche9324 the Navy vetted everything that has been shown here.
@@marcroche9324 You act like every other country on the planet that could possibly do anything to the US doesn't have their own submarines with the same system with a different name.
@@marcroche9324 Bear in mind, its the environmental operations for a Los Angeles class sub. Weve had the Sea wolf class and Virginia class attack subs since.
So this is either old news that wasnt shocking/overly secret anymore and/or we have newer items on the new classes.
The XO is always standing somewhere near Dustin probably like "Yeah he's 3 steps away from something that could kill us all"
Nah. XO was keeping an EYE on him. (American English speaking SPY?, Sellout?, trying to get CLASSIFIED info about Nuclear Subs??
LOL it was NOT a Coincidence)
Hahahhaha lol 😂 love it!!
@@jesscast5122 The few things that is classified other than knowing what nuclear its running is how long those people in that submarine gonna be deployed even their family might not be told
He probably had to be there because he was told there was a civilian guest onboard filming. So a courtesy/keep an eye on the guy so he doesn't have an accident.
Probably had to make sure nothing classified was being said
"we need to light a candle"
"Destins breathing all our air"
@Emily An okay then
I got this video recommended the day a private submarine bound to explore the Titanic probably ran out of air many days after it lost contact with the surface... If this isn't irony I don't know what is...
Unfortunately what most likely actually happened is that the private sub imploded on the way down. At least with that they wouldn’t have suffocated and thus suffered.
"You did this in 6th grade science..." I didn't see this demonstrated a single time through the entirety of my education.
I was thinking the same thing. I had actually done it as a kid but not through school.
@@Eric_D_6 Someone would probably try to gas the entire class using the first method on purpose just for giggles.
They failed you then because electrolysis is a simple form of science but a little dangerous for kids. I had old school teaching so for the Leidenfrost effect, I had a teacher light rubbing alcohol and sling it off the desk at students. I was the only one who didn’t move because I knew the flames wouldn’t follow the liquid.
@@Eric_D_6 Yeah. That's how I shook hands with Mr. Electricity. Used a battery charger to get DC, and well, oops.
Feel sorry for ya. We've done it countless times not just at school, but also at home.
"So where did you learn all this?"
"In the Navy"
"In the Navy?"
"Yes, in the Navy"
*Village People music starts playing*
*visible confusion *
In the Navy, you can learn to make O2
In the Navy, you can scrub that CO2!
In the Navy, you burn candles when you please!!
@@fortawesome1974 You can also BANG WHOEVER YOU LIKE !!!
Nick Fedorov - and at 15:05 - 9 inch nails music started playing.
@El Glu Specially your sister partner ;) *That one song we’re all thinkin plays*
Was so nice for Austin Evans to show him around the ship
haha i was thinking the same
It’s uncanny
Hey guys, this oxygen!
@@nah95 Hey oxygen, this is guys.
Gee I wonder why this was reccomended?
I served on a submarine, back in the late ‘80s. It was the same class sub as this one. I am amazed at how young these guys are. Most of us were in our early 20’s, barely out of childhood, punching holes underwater in a nuclear submarine.
Salutes for you sir and thanks for your service.
Thanks for your service sir.
Dow: "I'm from Ohio"
Destin: "Oh"
Dow: "-hio"
What could've been
gozaimasu
@@satellite964ohaiyo
@@satellite964 good morning to you too
@Stephen Lee “how can i tell everyone in the comments i suck at english”
@@KILLCHRISU The dude mumbled and had a drawl on a noisy vessel. I could make out most of it, but subtitles would’ve been nice. I definitely do not suck at English, but some people definitely do suck at speaking it properly 🤷🏻♂️
The guy let him light the candle seems like a good dude
They all seem like good dudes
I worked with Watson on the USS Norfolk. He is definitely a good dude.
@@joshuadinkins6878 DINKINS!!!... I am a good dude lol
Waow, perfect timing for RUclips recommendation
So when the oxygen is low they have a guy who monitors the level and produces more? Well, when I was in Boy Scouts, I had to monitor the ice machine and when low , I had to fill it!
Kelsey Grammer welcomes you onboard the USS Stingray!
Thank you for your service. The boys were thankful for the ice.
You bleed one liter of air per person per hour
@@uclo9073 I am grateful for your service to our country!
I have to say, I enjoyed this video immensely. I served on the USS Lafayette (SSBN 616-G) from '78-'83 and I just happened to be the CAMS tech on my boat. It's been nearly forty years, so obviously there have been many upgrades(the display screen being the most obvious). But, none the less, seeing the cabinet and hearing crewman Dow discuss it's operation...I found myself in a state of reminiscing. Good times...
God Bless our Armed Forces...and most especially our Submarine Fleet.
Imagine being the person who decided oxygen candles were a thing and was trying to explain it - "so yeah right, what we do is set off this self-sustaining oxidising metal fire, right... so long as it doesn't melt its way through the hull everything is OK".
The lithium hydroxide scrubber though is worse, it can catch fire if exposed to sea water.
Or get touched by water in any way shape or form
Nothing like a fire thats physically impossible to put out
@@SeanBZA The Lithium Hydroxide over about a 24hr time period becomes Lithium Bicarbonate.
@@SeanBZA No it can not.
RUclips algorithm never misses
It's crazy how much you don't need to conserve energy when you have a nuclear plant in your relatively small close system
You could literally run dozens of mining GPUs (almost) nonstop with it
I guess i'd order one for my house, so i could get away from electric bills
@@abizair1832 You think Plutonium and Uranium fuel cells are cheap huh ?, they would cost you more than your house LMAO.
I'd gladly sink a sub if it meant getting rid of even a single crypto mining rig. I'd destroy all the mining garbage, if I could. Painfully, unlike Thanos.
@@SinHurr if the sub was mining, it would be not much of an issue. The major issue with mining is it's consumption of coal energy etc
@@DrakyHRT Might cost more than your house, but it'll last 40 years.
I love his child like qualities but he’s also so intelligent and it’s very awesome to watch and hear all his questions and get good answers!
Curiosity! Man's greatest tool!
He instantly reminds me of Marty McFly
I like that destiny profile pic my guy
Hes a literal rocket scientist lol of course he's smart.
Yep, he's great. He knows the answers to all the questions, already. He asks questions for our benefit. It's still over my head but, I enjoy seeing it all.
This series has been the greatest navy recruitment effort since top gun
That's likely the point 😉
@@tubeman2010 honestly. I'm about to sign up!
@@pineholo Do it! It's one of my biggest regrets that I didn't.
All these submarine videos outta no where I love RUclips 😂
I’m enjoying this series. Brings me back to my submarine days in the 1980’s. I was the boat’s oxygen generator technician, and ran the O2 generator and CO2 scrubber. Hearing the oxygen generator was down brought back memories of one of my deployments.
What boat were you on? I was on the SSN 672, the Pintado.
I remember when we blew out a zinc in the O2 generator ("bomb") and had major flooding in AMR2. Shutting down an O2 generator in such cases is very technical to make certain the H2 gets off.
@@kaptaintrips SSN686, the USS L. MENDEL RIVERS.
My son is an A-Ganger on the USS Illinois. It was so nice seeing what he does for a living. Thank you for sharing this
And you saw like 1%, those guys are responsible for so much critical stuff it's amazing.
@@markbernhardt6281yeah, the rest of us joke about how the A-gangers are all just a bunch of wrench turners, but at the end of the day they're pretty essential to almost every system on the boat. Respect from an ETV!
Yea tho we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we shall fear no evil, for we are A-GANG. MMC/SS A-GANG RET.
What is an A-Ganger? What do they do? I've never heard of that term before.
@@justandy333 it is slang for Auxiliary Division. We are machinist mates of the fresh air Snipes. We study about non-nuclear main propulsion, however on a nuke boat we do not. We have equipment fwd to aft, top to bottom of a boat. Even in the ballast tanks. We clean the air and make the oxygen. Operate the emergency diesel. All damage control equipment, hatches and escape trunks. High pressure air systems and air compressors. All air system high and low with a few exceptions. All valves and Regulators, Electro pneumatic electro hydraulics. All hydraulic plants, Accumulators, pumps both ships and external hyd. For mast and Antennas. Mechanical parts to all mast and antennas.
I was stationed on the USS Toledo SSN-769 in the summer of 2000. It has been 21 years since I have been underway on a sub. Thank you for sharing!
I was stationed on the USS Phoenix 80 to 84. Same class, and nice to see old familiar passageways.
Worked on the Toledo in 2002. So cool to see it again.
I was stationed on the Topeka SSN 754, my best friend from sub school got stationed on the Toledo.
Was on the Jefferson City
I was on the Russell ssn 687
I just really appreciate the respect for opsec and clearance stuff and asking before showing things and talking.
Destin: "Can I see that?"
Dow: *sweating about classification*
@2:33 you can see the officer that is constantly with them who cuts off whoever he talks to if they mention anything that isn't allowed to be shared. You can see a couple times there's a camera cut, which most likely meant they cut a part from the video, and started over after the guy had been couched on what he had to leave out :)
Nothing classified about cams...it’s just environment.
@@briansonnenfelt7125
That’s why they spoke about cams in the video^^ But you don’t know what they spoke about in the cut footage... The video got reviewed by the Navy before uploading and they probably cut some conversations out. Like in those obvious cuts.
@@briansonnenfelt7125 This series is all once visit to the submarine, not many visits, so the officer i pointed out has followed him around the whole visit. Destin explained himself how that was his role, and how the agreement was just that destin can talk to people and ask question if any popped up. If footage was cut, it would be due to either the officer stepping in during the questions, or something that was noticed when the navy reviewed the tapes later before releasing them to destin (fx if he filmed something unintentionally while walking around with the camera, that was not allowed to be shared).
Cams is obviously not classified as it made it into the series, but like Dow mentions; he does maintenance/mechanical work on 90% of the systems around the vessel - many of which are bound to be classified.
@@Ragnaroz6000 But of course there are also going to be cuts for time. The video is already 30 minutes long. If you don't cut it down, it would be an hour or more.
When I started this video I thought "there's no way it takes 30 minutes to explain this," and by the end it felt like 5 minutes had passed and I realized there is so much I hadn't considered like how to remove CO2. Great video!
And he didn't even get into evacuation of carbon monoxide.
I never realized how much a sub is like a foxhole. The only difference is the number of occupants working to keep each other alive.
In combat yes, but when we're underwater we are fighting the elements which could easily sink the boat. Flooding, fire, etc and all submariners die....
But you're fighting the elements rather than enemy guns.
@@tippyc2 , Thank you. That was my point: even without combat they live dangerous lives, dependent on their sub-mates, all the time.
@@jonathangalt3773 Add compressed air leaks, toxic gases from batteries, mechanical failures, undersea mounts, other subs and used to have to avoid potential torpedoes launched by an out of control Ivan. Good times.
And the lack of trenchfoot.
Why is this being recommended to me of all days 💀
I just realized that the Oxygen they breathe in the submarine is probably cleaner than the air in the City
If only these technologies could be easily scaled up to deal with atmospheric pollution!
@@RocketDragons lol the creation of those technologies likely create more pollution than they solve.
@@DevinRAR Not to mention the energy it takes to have such machines running...
@@llFerbll almost like nuclear would help with that.
Not until your crew mates decide to have multiple farts. Ur stuck with that smell for a bit of time
I’m so pleasantly impressed how intelligent and polite those sailors are. greetings to 🇺🇸 from eastern Europe 👋🏻
Americans are usually friendly, especially from the Midwest.
Where you from in Eastern Europe ? I’ve trained alongside Moldovans with army exercises.
Sailors who are a part of the nuke team go 4 years of engineering school in 2.
And to you as well 🍻
@@C0wb0yBebop in my experience they are polite but quite loud and in your face about it.
Americans don't seem to have an inside voice.
So all crew members have their jobs witch they HAVE to understand fully and get educated for, and if any of them fail their job it could comprimise the entire sub and crew
So its only logical to know your stuff
Big thanks to the submarine crew to explain and show us so graciously how this works.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an animation is worth a million pictures. That animation was absolutely incredible!
We called the electrolysis O2 machine "The Bomb", because back in the day they had a tendency to leak O2 and H2 at times. Never a good combo.
This is something that was not mentioned in the video - Electrolysis creates both Oxygen and Hydrogen. What do they do with the hydrogen? pump it into the sea as well?
@@jerrylawson4463 I think they mentioned it yeah, they "toss" it overboard
Yepp, add a spark, and the results could be considered, well, dramatic.
@@jerrylawson4463 It’s diffused back into the ocean through the back of the sail.
@@onebridge7231 might be a bit to detailed as far as the location is concerned. Better to be vague than sorry.
As a former submariner, i can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed this series. Hope you enjoy more opportunities to make videos like this in the future.
This series is a great way to give family and friends an idea of life on the boat. Not so much the technical details, but just the tight quarters jammed with piping, cable runs and equipment. My daughter ..."Do you know what all those things do? Put out fires? Drive the boat? Launch missiles?" She was also impressed by the knowledge of the crew (even the A-gangers:-). We submariners kind of take it all for granted, but people really have no idea.
do those candles burn when they get wet?
It’s the little things that we take for granted because they become common place, and it’s not something that I usually bring up about my time in, which is relatively similar to what is being shown. It’s interesting to see these things from a different view point.
@@kristen0009 actually no, when you hear them talk about a class delta fire, for the navy, that’s any type of metal that can burn or combust. The most common way to put these types of fires out is to submerge it in water.
@@texangaming567 almost, its literally "For the love of god, get it overboard if not keep throwing water until its feels like stop burning."
These sailors are amazingly educated on their respective assigned tasks. Answering very technical questions with detailed information from memory. Brilliant!
As a former sailor that went through the Nuclear training to run a reactor on a ship, you have to know your systems inside and out. On subs, you have to know much more than just the systems you operate. And no, I never went to the fleet as a Nuke ET... I went into the Navy with a college degree and did well enough in both A and C school that I was selected to attend OCS while I was stationed in SC going through prototype. I went into the fleet as a Naval Supply Officer.
@@navychop6667 CHOP!
Wild that this got recommended to me now of all times
RUclips algorithm is ruthless. Got recommended this vid right after the Indonesian submarine was declared sunk.
Yeah, I laughed out loud.
HoW dO YoU BrEaThE On A SuBmAriNe?
Yup
and I am here to learn more about the mechanism
yeah, same here....
got recom after KRI Nanggala On Eternal Patrol
This has probably been my favorite part of this series. Yes, the other stuff like weapons and controls are super cool, but it's the details of what you need to survive is even more important and interesting. As someone who plans on going to Mars and will be older (so a one-way trip), I've been studying stuff like this this so that I can perform multiple roles while there. If I don't get to go to Mars, this is still super interesting because this is what's NECESSARY to do anything else on the boat. I hope you got to film a ton of other "mundane" things on the boat because this is the real meat of what makes these super complicated machines work. Like the kitchen stuff you did, mundane compared to nuclear tech but super cool because everyday people can relate to them and we all do it, just in a different way.
o7 godspeed commander
Kid in the comments
Well if you don't make it in aviation (not an absolute necessity to go to space) you could always volunteer for Subs.
The mundane stuff is the important stuff. Battles and weapons are flashy, but none of it means anything if your troops don’t have the basic necessities they need to survive and function effectively. You can’t win a war with starving, dehydrated troops.
“Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics.” - Gen. Robert H. Barrow, USMC.
I'm enjoying this video series more than I enjoy Netflix.
Of course you do.
Its getting easier to dislike netflix...
Real people. Not actors. And we don’t have to listen to anyone’s political views.
So say we all..
Netflix = Dumber Everyday
not youtube recommending this now XD
"That's a Class D fire. We can't put those out." That's a pretty good reason to keep the lid closed :)
Sometimes the candles don't light so you light them with the lid off.
While I was watching I was like "My english sucks, I didn't get it." when I read your comment i was like "Oh.. sure.. class D, burning metals..I learned that one years ago in the fire dept." :D
Yup... it takes a chemical nicknamed “Purple K”.... which is worse then the fire you are fighting. It’s primarily used in airport crash trucks to fight what is known as a “Mag Fire”.
@@francisschweitzer8431 As a matter of fact, I do not fight fires anymore ;) I'm member of our cities specialized Hazmat-Unit
@@das_freddi7407 Yeah, threw me initially, as well. The guy's military, sounding out the letter for clarity. I actually had to look it up, myself. Yeah, Class D metal fires look pretty dang scary :)
On that pre-heating portion:
You want cool lean MEA in the scrubber and you want hot rich in the stripper. So you could either put a refrigerator or radiator behind the stripper and waste all the heat you put into the MEA or you can use a heat exchanger. With a heat exchanger you transfer the hear from the rich MEA you want to cool down into the lean MEA you want to heat up. This reduces the need to put additional energy into the system for heating and cooling.
Thanks
so basically like an economizer on a steam system or heat interchanger on a reefer system
But why does it have to be cool and lean and hot and rich?
@@Obi117kh CO2 is soluble in cool basic solutions and when it is dissolved it becomes a carbonate ion. MEA is a base so when solutions of it are cold and carbonate free they can collect CO2 from even from CO2 depleted sources such as breathable air. Carbonate ions become unstable at high temperature decomposing to produce pure CO2 gas which can be ejected from the submarine. Ergo you want it cool for the part of the cycle when it is absorbing CO2 and thus going from lean to rich and hot when you want it to emit CO2 gas to reduce the richness and return to being lean. You have to go through this cycle as MEA has a maximum capacity for CO2 absorption before it won't absorb more. Note the same cyclical reaction can be done with the Lithium Hydroxide however were as hot for MEA is 150-200 C hot for Lithium hydroxide/carbonate is 1300-1400 C.
A cool lean scrubber, and a hot rich stripper. Sounds like it's from a film I've seen.
I totally feel smarter today. This was amazing to watch, electrolysis is so interesting and who would have thought "burning a candle" would be an oxygen generator. Thanks Destin and all the sub crew, respect to all servicemen.
Who or what team invented the candle & purifier? How did earlier subs manage without these things?
@@dareese6778hey would use consumable CO2 scrubbers, Rebreathers etc. plus they were historically diesel electric so couldn’t remain submerged for too long
Submarines have taken over my RUclips since the ocean gate tragedy
Same here. I made the mistake of clicking on one. Anyway, the guys that published content on subs and had niche viewers suddenly are drowned in views. Happy for them.
Destin, along with being
1) A fantastic science communicator
2) A cracking video editor and cameraman
3) Extremely entertaining
Above all of those, in my opinion, you're a fantastic role model of what it means to be a man. Polite, curious, inquisitive, humble, generous. Thankyou for putting so much work into what you do.
i take #2 means good in english, nigel?
The dude in the beginning he talked to is so smart his words come out of his mouth slower then his brain processes them. I'm very happy to have people like him running sub safety for us.
He is very knowledgeable. Agang know the whole boat and own most of it.
Everyone he talked to seemed very intelligent to me. Of course I'm a civilian that hasn't spent a day in the military, so my bar could be set pretty low compared to what's expected in positions of the military like that. Actually I'm convinced that you won't find anyone that's somewhere below above average on a sub as far as being intelligent. Because I imagine one weak link anywhere on the ship could compromise safety by a lot.
@@reallynotbob6 - if only our elitist congressman knew. subs aren't the only place brains are needed in the military!
@@donoimdono2702 True. It's hard to convince our politicians of anything these days. Of course I'm not sure how the military can attract more smart minds, maybe by starting with higher pay?
@@reallynotbob6 everyone on the submarine that wears dolphins has qualified submarines. To qualify you have to have general knowledge of all systems on the boat. You need to be able to draw them. Supply power to them (fire). Isolate and cross-connect them. Any person if they had to should be able to save the boat (subs traditionally are called boats not ships). Everyone onboard is also trained in firefighting, damage control and firearms. Not enough room to carry people who only have 1 job.
Captions: "Yeah, definitely. don't touch that" [Laughs like a man who has accidentally touched hot things in the past]
My nightmare made reality!I never gave any of this any thought!
I was about to say this good job lmao!
@@cmwgfo2024 They probably hire the best of the best to be on that Submarine,It's not for everyone!
He hearted you lol
@@doubledrats235 oops
Howling at the closed captioning
5:33
(chirp)
...
(ALL THE CHIRPS)
🤣🤣🤣🤣
15:41 [Laughs like a man who has accidentally touched hot things in the past]
16:58 (Trying to make me feel good) YOU ARE a creator of oxygen
There is nothing on that submarine that isn’t interesting to destin, and I’m ok with that.
former submariner here - everything about them are interesting, and I'm on with Destin thinking so as well.
@@mauters Where you civilian or Navy?
@@4gerars500 I started as a Navy submariner, got out, and have worked as a contractor for the Navy and as a DoD employee working for the Navy as well.
@@mauters Nice im wanting to join air force because better schools and housing.
"you did this in 6th grade science or something like that"
Unfortunately, I think we got the "something like that.." part...
We got nothing.
I don't know of any sixth grade science class that created hydrogen gas (which is explosive). The closest I saw was the vinegar and baking soda volcano.
@@danceswithdirt7197 We did. We all did it (in groups) with prefabricated transparent devices. We didn't combine the gases, but I think we took our H2 test tube an lit it, making a nice high pitch fast-changing tone (like blowing on a bottle).
After electrolysis he teacher combined the two bags of H2 and O2 and ignited it, making a sharp but seemingly low energetic bang -> back to water.
@Remington Chambers Then how do you guys make your oxygen?
@@ChrisG140907 That's neat! I bet it was cool. It surprises me though that kids were allowed to experiment with explosive hydrogen gas.
Bro you're the only one on RUclips that goes so deep into detail while keeping it accessible to everyone. Great production, very much appreciated!
I've only just discovered these SED videos and they are absolutely brilliantly done. Am currently binge-watching!
I’m a senior undergrad chemical engineer and was nerding out at your beautiful animation and explanation. Top tier video as always Destin!!
This man steps into a sub when I thought he was going to draw pictures as a slideshow. Instant Subscribe.
Sailor: uses gloves to handle the byproduct, Destin: touchy touchy.
I think it's just rusted iron and salt so it's safe to handle as long as it's not still burning.
@@ELYESSS exactly
The one Destin touched looked like it was in the cooling system rather than the active burning section.
The gloves are out of habit, since the sailor is normally handling HOT mass. Destin has no experience, so he's touchy-touchy. But he should have asked about the clinker before touching in case it was toxic or corrosive. We only later learned it's rusty saltlicks.
Rusty saltlicks... You know that would pry help the ocean increase its phytoplankton productivity.
File this under “things you don’t see everyday”. I liked the sailor that said “I’ve been on here 4 years and I’ve never seen this”. Just shows you how many moving parts there are to a vessel and how specialized and important roles are. Great video. Very interesting in some weird way. Lol.
Quick chemistry tip: Don’t make chlorine gas
I did once, I cleaned the toilet and forgot I had another cleaner already in the toilet. I realised my mistake as soon as the liquid hit the toilet. My toilet didn't have a window at the time either.
@ 7th Boss, this was one of the hazards of Diesel Electric Submarines (Diesel Engines turn Generators... The Generators, Generate Electricity ... the Electricity is stored in the batteries... the electricity from the batteries is used to propel the submarine via the main motors,) A flood or even a small leak into the battery compartment had the potential to cause Chlorine gas. Sea water is used as ballast and the deeper the Submarines goes, the more pressure of the external sea water. This is one of the reasons that a mine exploding close to a Submarine had the potential to sink the submarine. The explosion would cause cracks in pipe work or break flanges and sea water would rush in, sea water then acts as ballast and the submarine sinks uncontrollably, sea water gets into the battery compartment causing the batteries to produce chlorine gas and shorting out the batteries causing loss of power to the main motors and no propulsion. The deeper that the Submarine sinks, the more seawater floods in because of the pressure and the more concentrated the toxic air/gas within the Submarine becomes. All in all , it's a nasty way to die. 785 German U-Boats, 52 U.S. Navy Submarines, 79 British Royal Navy Submarines and 128 Japanese Navy Submarines were lost/sunk during World War II. The total loss of all Submarines in WWII is estimated at 1,482 not including mini or midget submarines!
@@jasonhenley1985 ha ha i did this too except inside a bucket and outside some strangers house near their ventilation system
learned the hard way
Why not
“You’re Oxygen creator”
I love that line of the guy so much
That guy is such a legend!
An oxygen creator badge, achievement unlocked.
And he let the guy lit it up the candle
Missed the "Destin Starts a Fire on a Nuclear Submarine" clickbait title.
It wouldn't even have been clickbait since it's true.
He started the worse possible kind of fire, one that can't be put out.
I'm happy he's not click baiting me on learning videos
"Small arson prank on a nuclear submarine gone wrong! (I nearly killed over 200 people!) NOT CLICKBAIT
@@lovablesnowman Now THAT would be clickbait.
"I lit two huge candles on a submarine low on oxygen and then this happened"
Dow, from one Buckeye to another, thank you and your mates thank you for your service. A fella from Ohio in a submarine. Proud of all of you, current or veterans, thank you and bless you all.
Aside from the cool knowledge, one great thing about Smarter Every Day is the wholesome interaction between Destin and the people he interviews. Thank you Destin for making great videos, showing cool things, and letting us know about these great people that keep things working.
It was so wholesome. I can really feel it. God I'm getting hard thinking about it.
@@BravoSeven I'm so wholesome with the vibes
@@EricB90 RUSSIAN TROLL ALERT
(Americans don't watch Russian music videos)
I love how every solution has a backup in case of a power outage.
Really does show the ingenuity at play to allow people to survive underwater for extended periods of time.
There is also multiple back up power methods in case the reactor goes down. Almost every system on a submarine has at least 1 back up.
Some of the backups have backups.
Nice pfp
I wonder, do they have a maneuver where they go at 45 angle and fire a torpedo to break the ice in case they must surface to survive? I mean, they aren’t currently at war with any nation that has ice sheets?
@@eZU4nQsWN9pAGsU38aHj no they use a device that sends pulses into the ice to find a thin spot and punch through
The guys coming in and seeing the camera and just backing out hahaha
Time!?
Years ago I owned a torch called SolidOx. It used a mini oxygen candle and propane. I haven't thought of this in years. I learned something today too. Thank you for posting.