The Birthplace of Battleship NJ: The Slipways
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2024
- In this episode we're at the birth place of the Battleship.
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Every once in a while you see a person that is perfect for the job they are in. This curator is one of them
It's easy to see the amount of respect and care he has for this ship.
They even designed the ship to be in multiples of his height!
He's by far the best person for this job. You can see just how much he loves what he does with the Battleship
Yeah, you get the feeling he could do battle with the ship:]
@@TheEvertw hahaha!!! They knew in advance eh? Maybe it was fate
My uncle worked at PNSY during WWII as a teenager with the electrician shop running cables on ships being built. He worked there for nine months between 1943-44 before being drafted. He died at age 56 from mesothelioma. He recalled asbestos floating in the air and falling like snow as the insulating shop guys installed insulation in compartments. I often think of Uncle Joe and all the yard workers across the US who were killed while working and never knew it... I served in the USN as an officer on frigates and I was always careful for myself and my guys about any asbestos... a sad legacy.
Your uncle and men like him died for their country, even if they did not know it for sure, they knew breathing that stuff in was bad news. But they did it anyways. They laid down their lives so these ships could be built. Rest in peace Uncle Joe.
I have read that more Americans died from industrial accidents and exposure to toxic substances like asbestos and uranium than died in combat.
A cousin of mine was a chemical engineer who was very much involved in developing synthetic rubber during WW II and who died of leukemia 20 years later. Connected? Who knows.
Who knows fourth years from now what will be considered deadly that we use today and think nothing about like they did with asbestos insulation and lead paint back in the day. Will they say boy, what idiots were they because they used…
Thank you for sharing.
RIP Uncle Joe 🕊️
Yeah back then people were crazy. Living in clouds of asbestos, covering city blocks with DDT pesticide, putting lead in absolutely everything 😂
Today, 4/25/2024, the museum ship USS Kidd (DD-661) left her cradle on the bank of the Mississippi River, her home for the past 41 years in Baton Rouge, LA and headed downriver to Houma, LA to be dry docked for hull repairs and a new paint job. Let’s wish her a Bon Voyage and a safe return! I cant wait to see what she looks like when she returns and reopens for visitors.
visit where the steel was rolled, where the gun barrels were forged, where the propellers were founded, where the boilers were made.
The National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, PA is be a good place to check out for that. Bethlehem Steel did a lot of that work during WWII (gun barrels, armour plate, etc.).
Ryan, after the drydocking, you have your marching orders!
America the beautiful.
As an industrial worker myself, I expect such videos to be very melancholy. Probably none of those facilities are still used for such noble purposes anymore.
@@thehuscarl4835 I'd be shocked if they even exist at all
My grandfather was declared unfit for military service right after December 7th because he had a heart murmur as a result of rheumatic fever as a child. So instead he worked six twelve hour days a week for almost four years building first liberty ships and then Victory ships in the ship yards. The men and women who built the ships, planes, guns, bombs, and found the fuel, won the war every bit as surely as those that carried a gun. My stepfather was too young to join the Navy but the Merchant Marine were happy to take a big farm boy of 15 who lied about his age as a wiper, the lowest engineering position on a vessel. He sail the route from the Coast of Texas to Europe on a tanker, quite literally the most dangerous job of WW2 on a man for man basis. They know the odds of survival if you got torpedoed by a German U-boat were pretty damn slim but they did it. It was a tough war, it took an entire nation to win it, and there is a damned good reason they called them heroes and our greatest generation.
I grew up in the 70's and 80's in suburban Bucks County (Warrington) around 30 miles from the shipyard and remember a lot of awesome stories that were told to me and my friends by then retired naval shipyard workers from my neighborhood. They were all very proud to talk about what they did back in the 1930's and 40's. I would have loved to see BB-62 being born. If it wasn't for the fact that one of my Uncles who served in the Navy during the war and knew these guys and introduced us to them, I never would have met them.
As a cold war Gunner's Mate who was active duty then all four of the Iowa Class Battleships were commissioned, I would recommend the gun range at Dahlgren Virginia where the designs for the 16' guns were tested and compared to the one unique 18' 47 cal built that I believe still exists to this day. It was great meeting you on April 13th early this month when I drove up from Florida to see the Big J in dry dock. Cheers, - Wright Sublette
They paved paradise and put in a parking lot😂 I love this series during drydocking! Oh, so much enjoyment!!
matches the rest of the scenic dump that Philadelphia and New Jersey are
lol, I was wondering if people would hold back on stating the obvious. A parking lot is a fitting legacy for America.
Just needed a Yellow taxi.
Is a ship yard really paradise.. it's already paved just used differently.
@@l337pwnage Thanks to the Jones Act killing commercial ship building in America while attempting to do the opposite.
No cookies were harmed in the filming of this video.
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Can't say the same for watching this video.
I never met a chocolate chip cookie I didn't eat.
I could so go for a good chocolate chip cookie or dozen right now.
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with all the work you've done communicating and showing Her, i hope your hardhat becomes a museum exhibit
Everyone needs to sign it too
"...where great deeds have been done, greatness remains." I have felt this way about a lot of places, like old mines and old factories, old schools and Churches, old ships and forts and places where ordinary people did great things and left behind ruins and foundations that, maybe, should have been preserved for younger generations to learn from.
I feel that way, then I also look at other places and understand that in the past they did the same thing, bringing down the old to bring in the new.
Is there any plaque or memorial on the slipways?
The slipway doesn’t look anything like I expected it to look. The Navy Yard certainly has made history to life, the men and women who have worked and served there were amazing
From Joshua Chamberlain: "In great deeds, something abides. On great fields, something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls… generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls."
Joshua Chamberlain knew what he was talking about. If you ever get the chance read of the exploits of the Twentieth Maine at Gettysburg and then go walk their position on the day they made that piece of their history. Even if you were not a soldier you might understand. If you have been a soldier there is no doubt in my mind you will understand - at least that is my experience.
Wow, that quote gives me chills
As I was reading that, I knew I heard it somewhere. It was spoken by Charlie Daniels, on the CD The Nashville Sessions, for the musical; The Civil War
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@@Duckfarmer27 I'm not military, and was not raised in a military family. But, I get it, and have a great deal of respect for the men and women that have and continue to serve. I visited Omaha beach, Normandy American Cemetery, and Point du Hoc about seven years ago. While there, my wife, son and I had a chance to meet and speak with Frank DeVita - on Omaha beach. Like, sit at a park bench and have a conversation with him. Same at USS Arizona / USS Missouri - all three of us got to meet some of the surviving sailors. Thanks Ryan and Libby for all the work that you do.
I believe that man would have made a great president, if he has chosen that path.
I’m so glad they let you into that area so that you could show us the slipways. It’s a very interesting sidenote to the history of the New Jersey and really compliments this whole process of the dry docking and her coming back home. Thank you so much for all your efforts and keep up the good work, friend.
My understanding is that the degree of overbuilding at the Philadelphia Navy Yard isn’t limited to the slipways. When I worked at Philly Shipyard, I was told that Building 620 (the building between the drydocks) was built to survive an impact from a 500lb bomb. And I also heard that the reason that PSI’s offices are in that building is that it was so heavily built that it was cheaper to convert it into offices than it would have been to demolish it.
Ryan I heard years ago that when the Philadelphia Naval Yard closed back in 1996 they kept the shop that made & might have performed repairs on big propellers. If they are still open would be a great place to tour. Hope that some locals can take you out for lunch at best in class South Philly Roast Pork & Cheese Steaks places. Hope you take a long well deserved relaxing vacation after the NJ gets settled back in Camden.
It is true that the navy still operates the large foundry at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. However I doubt Ryan would ever be able to get a tour of it, as it still an operational facility casting propellers and large parts for navy ships under construction including submarines.
Glad Ryan mentioned the USS Washington BB-56
I have a 1/700th scale model of the USS Washington on display at my American Legion Post in Otsego, Michigan.
Ryan may not like to hear it, but the North Carolina and Washington together in the North Carolina Class make a strong case for having the best average combat record of any battleship class ever built.
@@cptjeff1 During WWII, you make a good point. During the Korean War, the North Carolina class sat in mothballs while all 4 Iowas fought in the War. By Vietnam, USS Washington was scrap metal and the USS North Carolina was a museum. The USS New Jersey came out of mothballs to fight. Later in the Cold War all 4 Iowas returned to service with 2 engaging in Desert Storm. After WWII, the Iowas ruled the seas.
@@cptjeff1 Probably depends a lot on luck and happening to be in the right place at the right time, given that in the end there were relatively few battleship vs battleship engagements during WWII. The SD class was probably the best treaty battleships built, despite the SD making a poor showing at the second naval battle of Guadalcanal due to electrical problems.
We need more naval to cookie conversions on this channel. How many chocolate chip cookies could you bake with New Jerseys boilers?
Dang, I reckon it would be heaps & heaps.
Really cool to see where she was built. It's a crazy juxtaposition of how empty and flat is today and versus the incredible monstrosity that place would have been during her construction.
Ryan's wealth of knowledge about US navy history is so impressive. Even after all this time it still amazes me.
My parents worked at the ordinance depot in Pocatello ID. I remember them telling me that the 16” barrels and other large barrels were made there. The buildings that are left have been turned into manufacturing facilities. I’ve also seen the rack that was used to test fire the guns prior to shipment. Thanks to mom and dad.
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but it's 'ordnance', not 'ordinance'. Ordnance goes boom, while an ordinance is a law passed by a local government, such as a city.
Interesting, everything I have read places the manufacture sites for the guns as Bethlehem Steel in Pennsylvania or the Naval Gun Factory at the Washington Navy Yard. One thought was that the Gun Factory only did the re-lining of worn guns. I had not seen any reference to the guns being made in Idaho. I have yet to find a definitive answer as to where the guns were built.
EDIT: A bit more research shows that the Idaho plant was not in operation until 1943 so I doubt the original Iowa Class guns were built there. But I did find where they did perform some of the re-lining work on the 16's. Gun testing was done in the Arco Desert some 50 miles NW of Pocatello.
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How not to be a jerk while being a jerk.
You assume lots.
This person could know the difference and missed the typo and you didn't give the benifit of doubt just by pointing out the added 'i' and that makes you a jerk reactionary
@@robynstephens166 So you think it's best, if you see someone make a simple mistake, to keep quiet and let them make the same mistake again and again, rather than telling them and letting them be correct in the future. Interesting. Very interesting.
If you see me make such a mistake, please correct me. I'd rather be right than wrong.
@@michaelsommers2356 Oh MSN Grammer and spell check strikes again. But It was Spelled correctly.
Loved the comment about greatness. I worked in San Diego in a facility that was the Convair plant where B-24s were made. When you walked through the plant/hangars, you could sense the history and greatness that happened there. Americans pulling together to ensure America was safe. Later in life I met a lady that was a “Rosie the Riveter” at the plant. She completed the story of just how great that facility once was.
History … we should never change or erase the truth of history. There are many things to be learned from the past and many memories to be shared / cherish.
You're one great Curator ! ! ! Great way to keep history alive ! ! !
I would like to see more video of what is under the slip ways. There looks like some cool equipment hidden there.
Couldn't agree more! ☝🏻
Thanks, Ryan. We don't always appreciate the infrastructure and the human labor that are necessary for big projects to be realized. If I counted correctly, between North Carolina and Missouri, 10 battleships were launched in a little over three and a half years. Hundreds of thousands of laborers and skilled workers built those ships, and hundreds of others, launched them, and readied them for commissioning. Their achievement was truly great.
I'll never get to these places myself. Thank you Ryan and crew.
A tour through the Washington Navy yard and Willard Parks collection of artifacts would be amazing! Hope to see that some day!
Absolutely. I would love to see Drachinifel do a video on it
Excellent episode, Ryan. I understand that things change and "progress" makes things obsolete. But it is a shame how much of the infrastructure that built this country and made us great is gone. Where I live, old canals have been filled in and paved over to be the route for roads. Dams that impounded the water fot the canals were torn down. Railroad trestles over rivers that went unused because trucks replaced trains were torn down. Its kinda sad.
Cherish the little tidbits that are preserved. This has been happening in the old world for millennia, even though sometimes parts return. For instance in the area where I grew up (Utrecht, the netherlands) the last few decenia they've added reminders and some castellums of the Limes (the old Roman northern border & fortifications) and also re-introduced the Cathrijnesingel in the city Utrecht itself as it used to be in Medieval times.
Another amazing thing in the area is that (most) forts of the New Dutch Waterline are still present, usually repurposed as leisure or museums.
Thanks to the politicians thinking that the protectionism of the Jones Act would be a good thing, they killed shipbuilding in America because of it. Good lesson about how protectionism seeming intuitively often results in the opposite.
I guess you could say the same for coal plants and child labor if you're feeling nostalgic. I understand what you're saying, but it's just a feeling. Commerce follows the path of most efficiency.
Wow its crazy to see how much that area has changed compared to the drydock. Its kind of sad its not in as much use any more.
My grandfather worked on the New Jersey when it was being built .. doing plumbing and electrical ,, thru this video i just got a glimpse of what he saw 80 something years ago ,
Nice to see the AC/DC mechanical Inverters for the cranes are still in place.
Amazing Video and story Ryan. Thank you for your passion and dedication to the Great USS NEW JERSEY. She never failed her Men and the Men never failed her. Go Navy. Fly Navy…
I heard that the giant lathes that made 16" barrels are in storage somewhere. Maybe in Port Clinton Ohio. That would be cool to uncover.
Not positive but I believe the 16” guns were manufactured by Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, PA which is about 60 miles to the north of the PNSY.
Built in 32 months? Wow! Thanks so much for these videos! I can’t wait to bring my sons to visit onboard the New Jersey!
In my wildest dreams, I would never have thought this site was the Birthplace of so many ships....Thank You Ryan and Battleship New Jersey for show us this....PB
We are losing this kind (period) of history. I have watched the remnants of of 1900 through present be erased without record, of my home town. Keep up the good work.
Big tec doesnt want us to remember what life was like before they were around lol
My dad worked right there. He worked at the Naval Ship Yard during the war on both the Battleship NJ and the Battleship WI. He was there Dec 7, 1942 - the day NJ was launched. Thanks for showing us this slipway.
Holy mackerel, I wonder how many choc chip cookies he managed to consume in all that time.
The answer to the question at the end is definitely the Hammerhead Crane at Norfolk Naval Shipyard used for lifting the turrets of battleships and placing them into the hulls. Not sure if New Jersey had hers installed there, but it's the last of her kind.
You could go see whatever is left of Long Beach Naval Shipyard, since that's where she was recommissioned twice.
Thank you, Ryan for taking my suggestion and paying respect to the former slipway where the New Jersey was created & launched. Although it's been 'repurposed' into a parking lot, the ghosts of all those nameless men & women who toiled so hard to make her the great ship she is today are watching in approval of the dedication you consistently show us all. Awesome doesn't come close!
The machine shops where the 16" guns were made.
I'd say visiting Bremerton, WA Naval Base Kitsap and PSNS (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard) would be a good place to check out since NJ spent time there before the 80s reactivation. You'd get a chance to see some mothballed/retired Freedom Class LCS's and Ticonderoga Class Cruisers. Also the chance while there to visit the Museum ship USS Turner Joy DD-951, a Forrest Sherman Class Destroyer. I was there back in March to do some work on USS Nimitz CVN-68 while it's at PSNS, and checked out the Turner Joy on an off day.
This is one of your best videos ever.
Fascinating -- would have liked to see more of the "underside" of the slipways -- also would love to see more about the dry dock and its machinery and the gate on the drydock and how it works - -maybe see it move when its time to get her out
What a Wonderful reference to Chamberlain, one of my all time heroes. You do a good job yourself, sir, in the traditions of that august gentleman! Excellent episode. Thank you.
Amazing video, thanks for taking the time to do the work and get access to this location. I had looked at it from the satellite view's on google earth but you can't tell that the slipway is really still there, it just looks like a flat parking lot from above. I love seeing these pieces of history that are left behind and reused.
The steel foundries that poured the steel armor rings for the bridge and the turrets, if they ae even around
I think that was Bethlehem Steel which is long gone. Steel mills in the US in general have disappeared not many are left.
It would be cool to see where the props were built.
While watching this it reminds me so much of where I’ve worked for close to the past 30 years, the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy MA. Most of it has been paved over now and used as a giant lot for a local car dealer. All the cranes and giant gantry are now gone but a lot of buildings still remain and have been repurposed for different businesses. The USS Salem is right next to us so get to see her every day. She’s no Iowa Class but still impressive anyway.
Sad to think this industry and the thousands of men who worked there, and all the other local businesses that thrived off of it, are all gone now.
I've flown in and out of PHL many times and always enjoyed a view of the yard.
Ryan is standing at about 39°53'16.9"N 75°11'13.8"W for anyone who's interested. I've looked at the G-maps image of this location many times but I never realized these structures were old slipways. Neat stuff!
You could just imagine how that place was. Bet it still feels like something over there! Always good to know how it was all made possible, and their craftsmanship now preserved for generations to come. May God bless them all!
Now of course, you made a video that will be the start of a rabbit hole. Would definitely be interesting to know where the steel was made, the guns crafted and all the other bits and pieces that would definitely have some stories to tell. Good luck!
My desktop background is her sitting on the slipway, ready to launch. Always gives me creative flow looking at her. What an accomplishment
Ryan is the greatest.
Just love the info presented here amazing
Battleship New Jersey, This is amazing! I subscribed right away!
Candidates for 'pilgrimages' are where Battleship New Jersey's materiels were made: hull-steel (maybe the riveting tool manufacturer too), armour plate, 16"guns (maybe 5" , and anti-aircraft guns too), shells and propellant, torpedoes, boilers, engines and propellers (maybe propeller shafts, how are they made?), maybe her steering equipment (bridge and rudder ends), 'targeting computers'. Also maybe record the dry-dock where she was completed.
Best Wishes for an excitement-free, successful dry-docking. ☮
Lovely message in this video, great to sum up the passing of time and what that means to these hugely important structures and machines
Great video! I love finding old "archeological" evidence of the greatest generation and ww2 -- airfields, factories, stuff like that. But I never thought to look for slipways. But after watching this it makes perfect sense a few would still be around, somewhat disguised. As heavy duty reinforced concrete structures able to support massive ships they are obviously a pain to demolish - so it appears some were repurposed or just left standing in various shipyards. Within a few minutes of watching this I've already found one in Newport News which looks like they're using it to park heavy equipment.
Beautiful content. One of your very best episodes.
To answer your question, Ryan, I think the ultimate bucket-list episodes for your channel would be trips to the battle sites where USS New Jersey fought during her long career.
Thanks!
Awesome!! Thank you
Enjoy the seeing the slip ways at the Philadelphia Shipyard. As a suggestion, a video at the former Washington Naval Ordinance where the 16 inch Gun Barrels were built would be nice.
Very good Ryan, thanks
My suggestion for a (hopefully near) future exploration: the large building near the dock of CV-67. I don't know whether it has any direct connection to New Jersey, but it looks like it's being dismantled this year, and now that the walls are removed, you can see the remains of several huge overhead cranes. I'd love to hear about what they handled in their day. Like the New Jersey in drydock, they won't be around for too much longer, so I would love to see a history video about the building soon!
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
Wow! Great video
Nice add to the history Ryan!
Really enjoyed the lesson. Thanks
Interesting stuff for sure!!
Very much appreciate the ways that Ryan presents not only the Battleship, but the origins as well, thank you Museum staff! - It would also be good to visit a sister ship in the Navy yard awaiting destruction before they are removed, if there are any. Thank you for taking such good care of The Black Dragon.
I can think of a handful of places to visit. 1) Where the boilers were built. 2) Where the guns were built. 3) Where the shells were made.
This was a very interesting video. Thanks for sharing this with us. This is way up there in my list of favorites.
Awesome video and great information. 🙂👍
Very interesting! Thanks for all your hard work preparing these videos.
How do you actually weigh a ship? That’s going to be some set of bathroom scales 😂
Love the videos, keep up the great work.
Great video Ryan thanks for sharing.
Great informative video.. thanks
Returning to the slipway - this was excellent Ryan.
The Philly Shipyard is currently building 4 (and has delivered 1) National Security Multi-mission Vessels (NSMV). These 5 ships are being built for the 5 state run salt water maritime academies (Maine, Mass, NY, Texas, Calif). These are the first PURPOSE built training ships for any of these academies, having used MARAD hand me downs for most of their existences. The ships will primarily serve the roll of training future Merchant Marine Officers, but hold a secondary roll in disaster relief. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a couple of state academy training ships were activated and moved to New Orleans where they served as floating barrack facilities for disaster response personnel. These new ships will be able to perform that role as well as utilize cargo and rolling stock capabilities to deliver aid and equipment to disaster areas. The facilities necessary for this also provide additional training opportunities to the cadets.
Wow very cool to see this. I appreciate the research and effort you and your team put in to make this video for us Ryan!
Thanks Ryan. Living In eastern Washington State, your videos are all I’ll get to see of this event and the area where New Jersey was built. Got to see her when she was at PSNS and have toured the Missouri there as a kid.
A big thank you to the slipway for allowing you and us access.
One areas would of loved to see the making of the 16 inch guns and the pit where they put the heat the collars around the guns. Also where they cast the props
Great video, Ryan! I’d love to see more detail of those underground structures and systems that look to be remnants of the shipbuilding days.
Well now Ryan has done it. From now on I can’t watch these videos without thinking of 10.5 million cookies that were never to be😂
Great Video
It be cool to see a video explaining all the machinery under the slipways
Ryan, you made that an incredibly interesting video. I did ott expect to like it anywhere as much as I did. Fantastic presentation!
Awesome video. Proud to be an American, a Philadelphian and a veteran.
It would be great to see the steel mills where NJ's steel was made, the shops where the plates were formed, and the offices where the designs were drawn.
In regards to other content: In keeping with how New Jersey was designed and plans drawn up, perhaps the architects office, tools used in drafting the plans.
I was stationed on John F Kennedy during her last yard period at PNSY in the 90's. I think we were the last ship serviced there before they were closed down. I remember seeing Iowa and Wisconsin mothballed there but I cant remember where they had them tied up. I am sure they werent in the basin but with all the changes to that area over the years its hard to tell where hey would have been parked. If anyone remembers, please let me know. Those ships were awesome to look at. I even attended a re-enlistment ceremony on Wisconsin during my time there.
Krieky! It's a Zimanski outside of his natural environment!
I thought this was going to turn into urban exploring video for a second love videos like that great video still !
A nice visit would probably be the places where New Jersey spent time in mothballs and how ships are preserved in the US Navy's reserve fleet.
Very cool video! I just saw these spots on Google Earth as I was watching your video!
About the underside of the slipways, neat to see in there. You know they were built to hold up massive weight as the pillars are one CW (curator-width) by one CW wide! Massive!
Of course, really big structures use pillars that are one RCW (retired-curator-width) wide by one RCW wide
You should visit Bethlehem steel in Bethlehem PA. The building that tempered the 16" guns is still there. There is a piece af armor plate with a 5" shell stuck 1/2 way through it. Also they have a 14" barrel
This video was worth it for showing me a section of the Navy Yard that I had wanted to explore but wasn't able to, but the bits of trivia about the lard were a super bonus. How about marketing Battleship Cookies with that Depression-era recipe? I'd buy them!
Now that is cool, it’s interesting they have service shops built into the slipway.