My favorite long serving ship was the Kersage. Originally a pre Dreadnought battleship and the only battleship not named for a state, she was rebuilt as a crane ship and served so long she gave up her name to an Essex class Aircraft Carrier and became the Parie State. Finally decommissioned and scrapped in the late 50's, she served for over 50 years.
If you include the Coast Guard they would have number two on the list with the USCGC Eagle ex Horst Wessel laid down in 1936. I think the longest serving active ship world wide is the Russian salvage ship Kommuna from 1913 which is assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. She went out to examine the wreck of the Moskva but I didn't hear if she had any luck.
@@emjackson2289 Kearsarge was a far more effective fighting machine as a crane ship than she ever was as a battleship. She was instrumental in the salvage operations at Pearl Harbor.
I toured the Carl Vinson many years ago. I remember asking one of the marines (I think) who was overseeing the visitors, something like, "So what did Carl Vinson do? Get a bunch of money for the Navy?" The marine said, "Yup."
He did much more than that. He was an early advocate for the expansion of the U.S. Navy to become a "two-ocean navy" meet the threats posed in the Atlantic and Pacific areas before WWII. Good thing he was thinking ahead. Of course, building such a navy meant spending money (warships are not free). We needed every ship we had to help win that war. So, the ship's name honors the man for what he did to help the U.S. Navy become the victor, especially in the vicious battles in the Pacific.
When I signed aboard my Frigate, in the Horne Bros. shipyard in late 1981, we watched the USS Carl Vinson being finished nearby. That is one huge ship!
I served on Carl Vinson back in the 90's and I had to look up who he was. But yes, as a Congressman, he was a big naval advocate and is the reason we essentially had a fleet already under construction when Pearl Harbor happened.
i KNEW connie would be at the top of the list! we've nearly lost her more than once though, but i'm glad we saved this museum of history more than once❣️. long may she sail...
@@gcb345 seems to me if they ripped cats 1&2 off they could turn the Nimitz class into a great LCCN that could be used for emergency response and loads of other stuff. Think about a massive earthquake. Nimitz pulls into port and you have a MASSIVE electrical power source, massive fresh water source. Massive response coordination center, etc, etc, etc. And in normal times it’s a C&C for CNO or commandant of the Marie corps for fleet command.
If we count the Coast Guard, then USCGC Eagle would be up there too. She was originally commissioned by the Nazi Kriegsmarine as the sail training ship Horst Wessel, before being captured by the US and renamed Eagle. To this day, every single officer of the US Coast Guard begins his or her training with six weeks aboard Eagle, at sea learning to operate and navigate an antiquated sailing vessel. She even occasionally goes out to foreign ports for events and such.
I saw the Eagle when I was on a cruise as we came into San Juan. Didn't know what it was but thought it was cool that an older style vessel was painted with the USCG color scheme.
My wife and I, saw her up at the submarine base, in Connecticut, when we went to see the "USS NALTILUS". Actually, across the way on the Long Island, side.
The M Parnaíba (U-17) is a battleship monitor operated by the Brazilian Navy, built by the Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal and incorporated into the navy in November 1938, having participated in World War II as an escort ship. It is the oldest warship in the world serving a military role.
Yes! But to sink a ship (I think). The previous ship was the Perry class frigate USS Simpson, which sank the Iranian Joshan in 1988 (she was destroyed by missiles but finished off with gunfire). Simpson was decommissioned in 2015. So it would be the Constitution now. But wondering if some still active Tico's or Burke's might have fired their 5 inchers in Iraq though. ??
I toured The US Constitution twice when I was younger..most beautiful ship you'll ever seen. The history alone is magnificent. Btw you have to sign a waiver if you want to take pictures or video. This was in the 80s so not sure if it still holds true today.
You should do this for the US Coast Guard. My first duty station (2000-2001) was a ship commissioned during WWII. There are still several operational vessels built in the 60's and 70's.
The USCG buoy tender Bluebell is still in service and was built in WWII. She works the Columbia River. She was the first vessel to go through the Lock at John day dam and Still goes through It today!
Was it the Eagle? USCGC Eagle was commissioned as the Nazi German ship Horst Wessel for a long while, and armed with 20mm anti-aircraft guns in desperation. Eventually she was captured by the US, and to this day every officer of the Coast Guard begins their training with six weeks aboard Eagle, learning how to operate a sailing ship.
@@skyscall No, I never made it to the Eagle although I would have loved to have sailed on her. USCGC Firebush WLB 393 was my first duty station. The running joke was the reason that class of ships lasted as long as they did was because they were built by women while all the men were fighting overseas. If they'd been built by men they would have fallen apart by the end of Vietnam.
I served on the USS Fulton AS-11 which was the oldest active duty ship at the time (1972-74) and I also served on the USS Blue Ridge LCC -19, now the oldest active ship. Not many can say this.
A Buddy of mine was on the Fulton, submarine tender. Also, when I was in college I worked for a vending company and we had video games and pinball machines on it in the rec room. I still live about 10 miles from New London/Groton. I've seen the Eagle many many times.
My father served on AS-11 in the mid-50's. He attended the decommissioning ceremony in 1991. The Fulton was commissioned in 1941 & was on its shakedown cruise off San Diego when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Later, at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Fulton transported the survivors of the sunken aircraft carrier Lexington back to Pearl Harbor.
Us navy sailor here a bit of interesting information about amphibious ships they are called that due to the flat bottom allowing them to approach much closer to shore. Which in some areas can be less then 1 nautical mile
The USS Constitution. They just don't build ships like they used to. I'd say the ship builders and craftsmen at Edmund Hartt's Shipyard earned every penny.
A popular phrase is that "Ships are safe in harbor but that's not what they are made for". I would love to see the Constitution sail more often considering what it has been through in it's history. It's completely restored and has an able crew. A tour of American ports both on the east and wast coasts including passage through the Panama Canal would be wonderful. She is a commissioned war ship. Time that this fine ship flew the stats and stripes on the high seas again.
@@josephcometa1992 the bigger question is would it be worth the risk? Sure it would be amazing, but given her age, it might be safer to just keep her in boston
@@williammacdonald3173 - Probably as well as she did when she was first constructed. IE...hit or miss. The advantage is that she would not go it alone AND would have some modern equipment onboard her such as radios, computers, SatNav, etc and so could know ahead of time to avoid the rough weather and if she couldn't...one of the other ships going with her could tow her out of the way.
@@garyfasso6223 Arizona ain’t the only one from what I’ve read. There are several upcoming subs being named after WW2 ones. Wahoo, Tang, Silversides. I actually really like this.
This is an important and honest historical document. How many of you knew "Old Ironsides" (U.S.S. Constitution) is *TO THIS DAY* still an active-duty commissioned United States Navy vessel? If you ever have the opportunity to tour her ... *GRASP IT!!* The U.S.S. The Sullivans is considerably newer, but in remarkably worse condition. Constitution won't live forever. Carpe diem! Did you know why pirates are often portrayed with an eye-patch? I was about 14 or 15, living in the D.C. beltway, and had the opportunity to tour "Old Ironsides" in Baltimore, when I found out. It wasn't just pirates -- it was SOP (standard operating procedure) for *ALL* Navy personnel during high-alert daylight conditions to wear such a patch *BECAUSE* between the bleached and sanded decks, the sunlight reflecting off the canvas and the ocean, the dazzling reflection of sunlight *everygorramwhere* when you were topside, made you *completely BLIND* if you had to go belowdecks. These guys didn't lose an eye ... they preserved one if they had to go from dazzling sunlight to the gun deck and be efficient! The patch was romanticized in late 19th/early 20th-century artwork (often including a ghastly scar on the forehead and cheek), but its actual purpose was efficiency, not cosmetic vanity. The modern (WWI and later) version of the eye patch is red lighting, particularly in the surface fleet CICs (Combat Information Centers) and submarines during combat conditions. Your astronomy app on your phone probably has a "night vision" red-screen option.
Actually, she _might_ live forever. Only about 20% of Constitution is original. Everything else had been replaced at least once over the centuries. It's more replica than original now, which can't be said for The Sullivans.
@@dextercochran4916 I learned from a 2017 tour I took that the Keel was the only thing original part on the Constitution. Its a lot less than 20 percent. Its more like 99 percent not original.
Active only in ceremonial status. And I did tour it in 2017, and I bet you didn't know that the only original part of the ship is it's keel. everything else has been replaced or reproduced, its 99 percent not the same ship. Grasp That!
@@spikespa5208 Oh I completely agree... I loved visiting it... i was just shocked (and disappointed) at how much of it isn't real. Authentic to the time... but not original.
USCS Constitution is technically now a Coast Guard vessel. You also missed the USCS Eagle, which is the second oldest ship, and the only other sailing ship in US Military service. USCS Eagle has an interested history, in that she used to be a German Navy ship, built while Hitler was in charge of Germany as a training ship, that the US Navy captured in World War 2, and then commissioned as a US ship.
I worked at EB right after I got out of the Navy and saw the first hull sections come together on the Ohio. While in the Navy I never went on a ship out to sea but had a few meals on both subs and surface ships in port.
I was part of USS Denver LPD-9's last crew, before she was decommissioned in 2014. At the time, she was the oldest active ship in the fleet, commissioned in 1968.
Seriously? My first ship was AS-19! My last ship was CV-41! I have also admired the Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, as well as some of the mighty Tarawa class ships.
Geez, I remember when the Carl Vinson went through the Suez canal for its first WESPAC. She was brand new at the time. Without having to do a wiki, I believe that was around 1982-ish? You can tell I didn't watch the video, LOL. I was on the Coral Sea at the time and was airlifted to the Carl Vinson on a "Tech Assist". Does that make me OLD?
1.4K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍. Though the pinned comment isn't pertinent to the posted, digital video recording, I still enjoyed viewing the story. So, thanks for it! 🎬 ✌️😎🖖 I admit, that I was expecting the, Nimitz, to be named sooner. Also, until someone gifted a model kit of the ship to me, I didn't know about the, Carl Vinson!
Not if you had to serve on her. 60-year-old ships tend to have a lot of problems. But there is a Ford-class _USS Enterprise_ (CVN-80) currently under construction and hopefully she will be commissioned in 2028. The US Navy should never be without a ship named _Enterprise_ . The real crying shame is that CV-6 wasn't preserved as a museum ship.
WPG/WAGC/WHEC-37, originally called USCGC Taney (/ˈtɔːni/), is a United States Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter notable as the last warship floating that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor.[3] She was named for Roger B. Taney (1777-1864), who served as U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the United States. She is also one of two Treasury-class (out of seven total) Coast Guard cutters still afloat. Active for 50 years, Taney saw action in both theaters of combat in World War II, serving as a command ship at the Battle of Okinawa, and as a fleet escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She also served in the Vietnam War, taking part in Operation Market Time. Taney was also used in drug interdiction and fisheries protection work.[4] She was decommissioned in 1986, and has since served as a museum ship in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988.[3] In 2020, Historic Ships in Baltimore and the Living Classrooms Foundation announced that they will remove the name Taney from the ship, in recognition of her namesake's historical acts of racial injustice, instead identifying her as simply WHEC-37.[5][6]
Treasury class 327's had beautiful lines and were the best cutters USCG ever had ; based on a 1932 Erie class gunboat design with a cruiser bow they could pursue German u boats at flank speed in winter North Atlantic storms while USN destroyers had to back off due to heavy slamming and rolling. I still remember relieving Bibb from Ocean Station Charlie in Dec 1965 off Greenland and delivering her crew's mail by Hi Line transfer in rough seas when a rogue wave hit us [ cutter Coos Bay (WAVP - 376) ].
The USS Constitution alongside the USS Constellation was retired from Navy service in 1955. The two of them are the oldest US Ships still afloat and had the longest service in the navy.
I saw the USS Blue Ridge in port in Manila a few years back. When I looked up how old the ship was my jaw dropped. If it makes it to it's planned retirement date of 2039 it will be 70 years old. The taxpayers certainly are getting their money's worth with that vessel.
There was a kid in my division (he was our Recruit Yeoman), at boot camp, at RTC Great Lakes, who got assigned to the Constitution as his first duty station. How did THAT happen?! (Rhetorical question, as I'm well aware.)
Left out YRBM-20. Commissioned in 1945, is currently based at San Diego. Went aboard in Vietnam where she serviced riverine patrol boats and Navy attack helicopters.
Except YRBM-20 is not a commissioned naval vessel. True, she is listed as active on the Naval Vessel Register, but without a commission she is not legally a naval vessel. In addition, she is a barge without any sort of propulsion.
The Constitution is a museum ship, but one that's still owned by the US Navy. The only reason she's considered "in active service" is because she can still sail under her own power (literally, "sail"), and occasionally, she still does, with the crew even in period uniform. In 1997, during her 200th anniversary tour of the coastal ports of the US, she was escorted by the guided-missile destroyer Ramage and frigate Halyburton. Her last dry-dock refit was in 2015.
The Constitution is still a commissioned US Navy Ship with real US Navy sailors. It's on the official register. Another example of a ship around the same age is the USS Constellation in Baltimore. It can also sail under her own power in theory. However, it's not a commissioned ship. It's a museum. It's floating. I've been aboard both ships. The ship that I've been aboard and thought it would never sail again is the Charles W. Morgan. It's the oldest wooden whaling ship in the world and much to my surprise, they sailed it in 2014.
@@BlackEpyon What do you mean if? I'd put in a url link. However, YT will delete it. Look for "List of current ships of the United States Navy", scroll down to the C's under Commissioned ships and see the Constitution there. USS Constitution - Original six frigates Classic frigate 1 October 1797 Boston, MA [51] The oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy.
@@robertthomas5906 According to Wikipedia, they added the 'IX-21" designation in 1941, and removed it in September of 1975. I don't know the details of that, but I kinda like the idea of a ship this old having a hull number.
@@BlackEpyon Oh, that. Sounds like a bureaucrat move. All hulls have to have a designation and number, or something. I can't find anything on it other than it served as a brig. Maybe a curator would know.
Ok first of all the Oldest Active Duty Ship is the USS CONSTITUTION out of Boston MA. USS NIMITZ CVN 68 is the first nuclear aircraft carrier built as such, she was preceed by USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 however she was decommissioned and her anchors turned over to the new USS ENTERPRISE CVN 78, I beleive. But it goes Nimitz 68, EISENHOWER 69, VINSON 70, ROOSEVELT 71. Those are the Nimitz class carries.I should know I served on board USS NIMITZ CVN 68 84-87 she was my first ship, man.
The 30-year shipbuilding plan released by the Navy in 2020 has the service reaching a fleet of 355 ships by 2049. It expects to build its active ship total to 305 by the end of 2021. This isn't 1941. WWIII will be short. Reserve ships will not play any role as it takes too long to bring up to speed and train new crews.
I used to agree with you, but the Russians have been re-enacting world war 1, and all its horror, for the past 4 months. I think the next war will be terribly familiar.
Did my blueshirt training on the vinson while the lincoln was in drydock that was the first and last time i worked around S3 vikings and i saw 1 tomcat do a few launches and traps cus i worked with rhinos and the last couple of deployments with prowlers before growlers took the stage but other than that unfortonately the HMS Victory still holds the title for the oldest commissioned warship cus she was commishioned either before or after our revolutionary war the constitution and her 5 sisters were the first US naval vessels around the barbary pirate wars im not counting the continental naval vessels but yeah shes the oldest and still active id love to go see her in boston
The world's oldest naval ship still in commission is HMS Victory , Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar 21st oct 1805 . She was laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765 , however the USS Constitution is the oldest still afloat
It was going to be, but the navy got sick of not having an SSGNs so they looked what they could do. The altered 22 of the subs missles tubes so each could carry 7 Tomahawks for a total of 154 missles. One of these subs could ruin most navy's whole day, and we have four of them.
@@frednone that's where I got confused I thought we had 2 converted to cruise missile subs from the Ohio class I didn't know we had 4 thanks for the info
While on the list as an active ship the USS Constitution's status is more ceremonial. Now if we go by battle stars I wonder how many of these ships can beat the two that the Great Lakes freighter the Lee A Tregurtha which were earn as the USS Chiwawa in WWII.
And while visiting the Constitution in 2017, I learned the only thing that is original on the ship is it's keel, everything else has be reproduced or replaced. it's 99 percent not the same ship!
IF you are gonna include the USS Pueblo.. You also need to include the USS Arizona. I do believe it is still on the active list. I'd just remove Pueblo. Makes more sense.
With regards to constitution i think you used a play of words by adding "still afloat" . I think hms victory is more impressive laid down in 1759 and commissioned in 1778. She is the worlds oldest commioned warship and flagship. Although not afloat she is in dry dock to ensure her condition for future generations. She also carried 106 guns vs a mere 44 of constitution
Of course its a ship what a silly think to say. If Ships in dry dock are not ships what are they? And whats more it is possible for victory to come out of dry dock.
The USS. Nimitz is still active and not scheduled to retire until 2027 and is older the the Carl Vinson. The data for this video is not entirely correct.
You say the one the N. Koreans got had been a Coast Guard ship used to train civilians for the Army? I have some questions. Why would the US Army train civilians rater than army personnel? Why would the Coast Guard be doing the training for another service? And why would people training for the US army - a land force - be doing so aboard a ship? This makes no sense.
My favorite long serving ship was the Kersage. Originally a pre Dreadnought battleship and the only battleship not named for a state, she was rebuilt as a crane ship and served so long she gave up her name to an Essex class Aircraft Carrier and became the Parie State. Finally decommissioned and scrapped in the late 50's, she served for over 50 years.
If you include the Coast Guard they would have number two on the list with the USCGC Eagle ex Horst Wessel laid down in 1936. I think the longest serving active ship world wide is the Russian salvage ship Kommuna from 1913 which is assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. She went out to examine the wreck of the Moskva but I didn't hear if she had any luck.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_salvage_ship_Kommuna
The only US battleship not named for a state. I thought Kearsarge was officially renamed "Crane Ship 1," though... Illinois was renamed Prairie State
Imagine if ships were alive & one night it went to sleep as a battleship then woke up as a crane . . . . you'd be gutted wouldn't you?
@@emjackson2289 Kearsarge was a far more effective fighting machine as a crane ship than she ever was as a battleship. She was instrumental in the salvage operations at Pearl Harbor.
Being from Philadelphia, Having the Cruiser Olympia as a museum ship, makes her my favorite old ship. I visit once a year.
I toured the Carl Vinson many years ago. I remember asking one of the marines (I think) who was overseeing the visitors, something like, "So what did Carl Vinson do? Get a bunch of money for the Navy?" The marine said, "Yup."
He did much more than that. He was an early advocate for the expansion of the U.S. Navy to become a "two-ocean navy" meet the threats posed in the Atlantic and Pacific areas before WWII. Good thing he was thinking ahead. Of course, building such a navy meant spending money (warships are not free). We needed every ship we had to help win that war. So, the ship's name honors the man for what he did to help the U.S. Navy become the victor, especially in the vicious battles in the Pacific.
FYI NEVER ask a marine ANYTHING! They don't call um grunts for nothing!
When I signed aboard my Frigate, in the Horne Bros. shipyard in late 1981, we watched the USS Carl Vinson being finished nearby. That is one huge ship!
I remember when she was on her first world cruise. I was at Cubi Point then.
I served on Carl Vinson back in the 90's and I had to look up who he was. But yes, as a Congressman, he was a big naval advocate and is the reason we essentially had a fleet already under construction when Pearl Harbor happened.
i KNEW connie would be at the top of the list! we've nearly lost her more than once though, but i'm glad we saved this museum of history more than once❣️. long may she sail...
"Old Ironsides" Cannonballs would bounce off of her :-)
USS Blue Ridge LCC-19. MY first ship when I got stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. Lots of memories!
So, in your informed opinion could the Nimitz be converted to an LCC function?
@@VAMobMember Put enough antennas on it and computer, command, and control on it, sure. A carrier has enough space.
@@gcb345 seems to me if they ripped cats 1&2 off they could turn the Nimitz class into a great LCCN that could be used for emergency response and loads of other stuff. Think about a massive earthquake. Nimitz pulls into port and you have a MASSIVE electrical power source, massive fresh water source. Massive response coordination center, etc, etc, etc.
And in normal times it’s a C&C for CNO or commandant of the Marie corps for fleet command.
@@VAMobMember That's actually a great idea! Never thought of that before.
My brother was a plank holder on the Blue Ridge
I'm glad the Pueblo was mentioned. I know some of its crew. It's sad we never got it back.
Yet.
If we count the Coast Guard, then USCGC Eagle would be up there too. She was originally commissioned by the Nazi Kriegsmarine as the sail training ship Horst Wessel, before being captured by the US and renamed Eagle. To this day, every single officer of the US Coast Guard begins his or her training with six weeks aboard Eagle, at sea learning to operate and navigate an antiquated sailing vessel. She even occasionally goes out to foreign ports for events and such.
I saw the Eagle when I was on a cruise as we came into San Juan. Didn't know what it was but thought it was cool that an older style vessel was painted with the USCG color scheme.
My wife and I, saw her up at the submarine base, in Connecticut, when we went to see the "USS NALTILUS". Actually, across the way on the Long Island, side.
The M Parnaíba (U-17) is a battleship monitor operated by the Brazilian Navy, built by the Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal and incorporated into the navy in November 1938, having participated in World War II as an escort ship. It is the oldest warship in the world serving a military role.
The USS Constitution is now the last ship, not retired, to fire its guns in combat.
Yes! But to sink a ship (I think). The previous ship was the Perry class frigate USS Simpson, which sank the Iranian Joshan in 1988 (she was destroyed by missiles but finished off with gunfire). Simpson was decommissioned in 2015. So it would be the Constitution now. But wondering if some still active Tico's or Burke's might have fired their 5 inchers in Iraq though. ??
Unless you count missiles being fired
@@ankxsillencer5657 or aircraft launched (carriers)
Wait really? How so? I’m a little confused by this.
I toured The US Constitution twice when I was younger..most beautiful ship you'll ever seen. The history alone is magnificent. Btw you have to sign a waiver if you want to take pictures or video. This was in the 80s so not sure if it still holds true today.
You should do this for the US Coast Guard. My first duty station (2000-2001) was a ship commissioned during WWII. There are still several operational vessels built in the 60's and 70's.
The USCG buoy tender Bluebell is still in service and was built in WWII.
She works the Columbia River.
She was the first vessel to go through the Lock at John day
dam and Still goes through
It today!
Was it the Eagle? USCGC Eagle was commissioned as the Nazi German ship Horst Wessel for a long while, and armed with 20mm anti-aircraft guns in desperation. Eventually she was captured by the US, and to this day every officer of the Coast Guard begins their training with six weeks aboard Eagle, learning how to operate a sailing ship.
@@skyscall No, I never made it to the Eagle although I would have loved to have sailed on her. USCGC Firebush WLB 393 was my first duty station. The running joke was the reason that class of ships lasted as long as they did was because they were built by women while all the men were fighting overseas. If they'd been built by men they would have fallen apart by the end of Vietnam.
When I was on the USS Midway we called the Blue Ridge building 19 because it never went anywhere.
All hail the USS Constitution. The only American ship to rival her beauty is CV-6 USS Enterprise.
Yes Constitution is the most beautiful ship in the US Navy. Enterprise would have likely been a contender though.
"Plenty of letters left in the alphabet!"
@@jsldj Yes there is. However, I'm talking about the USS Enterprise. No bloody A, B, C or D.
I served on the USS Fulton AS-11 which was the oldest active duty ship at the time (1972-74) and I also served on the USS Blue Ridge LCC -19, now the oldest active ship. Not many can say this.
A Buddy of mine was on the Fulton, submarine tender. Also, when I was in college I worked for a vending company and we had video games and pinball machines on it in the rec room. I still live about 10 miles from New London/Groton. I've seen the Eagle many many times.
@@rollinmark8952 I was a Data Processing Technician 3rd Class or DP3 at the time ..... was in Ops Deptartment the OD/OS division.
My father served on AS-11 in the mid-50's. He attended the decommissioning ceremony in 1991. The Fulton was commissioned in 1941 & was on its shakedown cruise off San Diego when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Later, at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Fulton transported the survivors of the sunken aircraft carrier Lexington back to Pearl Harbor.
Us navy sailor here a bit of interesting information about amphibious ships they are called that due to the flat bottom allowing them to approach much closer to shore. Which in some areas can be less then 1 nautical mile
Just found this channel. It is really awesome thanks
Now, THAT WAS AWESOME!!! The oldest is my favorite. Well done!!! Excellent! 👍👌
My dad served on both the Carl Vinson and the Eisenhower.
The USS Constitution. They just don't build ships like they used to. I'd say the ship builders and craftsmen at Edmund Hartt's Shipyard earned every penny.
A lot of the USS Constitution has been rebuilt and replaced.
She still has reserved groves of southern live oak to supply her future repair needs.
Wow this is cool, when I was in California touring the Midway I saw this carrier, CV71, and CV 72 all docked in a row
In 1986 I was on the Blue Ridge from Okinawa to Mainland Japan and back for a exercise. USMC.
I also love reading an article, saying it in front of a camera, and making it your own work.
I was stationed on USS Carl Vinson when she was new.
1st class... thankyou for sharing
A popular phrase is that "Ships are safe in harbor but that's not what they are made for". I would love to see the Constitution sail more often considering what it has been through in it's history. It's completely restored and has an able crew. A tour of American ports both on the east and wast coasts including passage through the Panama Canal would be wonderful. She is a commissioned war ship. Time that this fine ship flew the stats and stripes on the high seas again.
How seaworthy is she though. Could she handle rough seas
@@williammacdonald3173 if her hull is kept to standard yeah she could take it.
@@josephcometa1992 the bigger question is would it be worth the risk? Sure it would be amazing, but given her age, it might be safer to just keep her in boston
@@brandonlatzig Agreed but the image you get imagining her out on the high seas is one of majesty.
@@williammacdonald3173 - Probably as well as she did when she was first constructed. IE...hit or miss.
The advantage is that she would not go it alone AND would have some modern equipment onboard her such as radios, computers, SatNav, etc and so could know ahead of time to avoid the rough weather and if she couldn't...one of the other ships going with her could tow her out of the way.
I served on BlueRidge 82-84. Awesome duty,OS2.
All USS constitution needs is a pair atomic rockets and Captain Ironsides and she will be ready for WW3 :D
I got to tour her during my Navy service, when my frigate spent the Independence Day week in Boston. Cool old ship!
Unless the Japanese raise the Yamato and add a Wave Motion Gun - then everyone else is screwed, especially the Gamila.
Isn’t the USS Arizona still commissioned?
No. USS Arizona was decommissioned 12/29/1941. She has special permission to fly the national colors.
@@johnjones5354 thank you for that. I visited and knew that the flag was raised and lowered daily. Has the name been retired?
@@garyfasso6223 Apparently not, there is a Virginia class attack submarine under construction that’ll bear the name Arizona.
@@BullGator-kd6ge thanks Bull, or Mr. Gator... The name USS Arizona is nearly sacred, but should live on.
I appreciate your input.
@@garyfasso6223 Arizona ain’t the only one from what I’ve read. There are several upcoming subs being named after WW2 ones. Wahoo, Tang, Silversides. I actually really like this.
This is an important and honest historical document. How many of you knew "Old Ironsides" (U.S.S. Constitution) is *TO THIS DAY* still an active-duty commissioned United States Navy vessel? If you ever have the opportunity to tour her ... *GRASP IT!!* The U.S.S. The Sullivans is considerably newer, but in remarkably worse condition. Constitution won't live forever. Carpe diem!
Did you know why pirates are often portrayed with an eye-patch? I was about 14 or 15, living in the D.C. beltway, and had the opportunity to tour "Old Ironsides" in Baltimore, when I found out. It wasn't just pirates -- it was SOP (standard operating procedure) for *ALL* Navy personnel during high-alert daylight conditions to wear such a patch *BECAUSE* between the bleached and sanded decks, the sunlight reflecting off the canvas and the ocean, the dazzling reflection of sunlight *everygorramwhere* when you were topside, made you *completely BLIND* if you had to go belowdecks. These guys didn't lose an eye ... they preserved one if they had to go from dazzling sunlight to the gun deck and be efficient! The patch was romanticized in late 19th/early 20th-century artwork (often including a ghastly scar on the forehead and cheek), but its actual purpose was efficiency, not cosmetic vanity. The modern (WWI and later) version of the eye patch is red lighting, particularly in the surface fleet CICs (Combat Information Centers) and submarines during combat conditions. Your astronomy app on your phone probably has a "night vision" red-screen option.
Actually, she _might_ live forever. Only about 20% of Constitution is original. Everything else had been replaced at least once over the centuries. It's more replica than original now, which can't be said for The Sullivans.
@@dextercochran4916 I learned from a 2017 tour I took that the Keel was the only thing original part on the Constitution. Its a lot less than 20 percent. Its more like 99 percent not original.
Active only in ceremonial status. And I did tour it in 2017, and I bet you didn't know that the only original part of the ship is it's keel. everything else has been replaced or reproduced, its 99 percent not the same ship. Grasp That!
@@ILSRWY4 Still worth going to see. And the USS Cassin Young, right nearby.
@@spikespa5208 Oh I completely agree... I loved visiting it... i was just shocked (and disappointed) at how much of it isn't real. Authentic to the time... but not original.
USCS Constitution is technically now a Coast Guard vessel. You also missed the USCS Eagle, which is the second oldest ship, and the only other sailing ship in US Military service. USCS Eagle has an interested history, in that she used to be a German Navy ship, built while Hitler was in charge of Germany as a training ship, that the US Navy captured in World War 2, and then commissioned as a US ship.
Negatory there. Constitution is in commission in the United States Navy and carries "U.S.S." as her name prefix.
I served onboard the Emory S Land from 2019 to 2022 as an Engineman, 2nd Class. Glad to see the old girl in some sort of spotlight
I worked at EB right after I got out of the Navy and saw the first hull sections come together on the Ohio. While in the Navy I never went on a ship out to sea but had a few meals on both subs and surface ships in port.
I was part of USS Denver LPD-9's last crew, before she was decommissioned in 2014. At the time, she was the oldest active ship in the fleet, commissioned in 1968.
Seriously? My first ship was AS-19! My last ship was CV-41! I have also admired the Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, as well as some of the mighty Tarawa class ships.
Geez, I remember when the Carl Vinson went through the Suez canal for its first WESPAC. She was brand new at the time. Without having to do a wiki, I believe that was around 1982-ish? You can tell I didn't watch the video, LOL. I was on the Coral Sea at the time and was airlifted to the Carl Vinson on a "Tech Assist". Does that make me OLD?
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I admit, that I was expecting the, Nimitz, to be named sooner. Also, until someone gifted a model kit of the ship to me, I didn't know about the, Carl Vinson!
What about the old USS Canopus (repair ship); it was refered to as USS canOpener. It was long in service
The Canopus was retired in 1994. This wasn't about longevity, it was about what old ships are still in active service.
Here is the fate of Canopus. ruclips.net/video/1wS_CB7LiVQ/видео.html
yeah and the sierra
I remember being alongside all these ships except the pueblo Conny and the sub. BM1 ret.
PROUDLY served on Mount Whitney (RM3 74-77) Vox Maris.
6:58 what about HMS Victory?
What about it? Its been in dry dock for about a century. That British paperwork... very slow.
US Navy ships
My son in law served on the Frank Cable for 18 months starting in 2012.
I served on Frank Cable from 89-93 in Charleston SC
My father served on the frank cable many years ago
I wish USS Enterprise CVN-65 was on this list
Not if you had to serve on her. 60-year-old ships tend to have a lot of problems. But there is a Ford-class _USS Enterprise_ (CVN-80) currently under construction and hopefully she will be commissioned in 2028. The US Navy should never be without a ship named _Enterprise_ . The real crying shame is that CV-6 wasn't preserved as a museum ship.
@@brucetucker4847 I must agree that CV-6 not being preserve is a massive crime
I served aboard the USS Enterprise CVAN-65. The honored name of USS Enterprise must always be preserved.
@@danielpierce861 True, the modern US Navy is not the modern US Navy without a Enterprise
A new Ford-class Enterprise is under construction.
AHHH, Right, HMS Victory is older, but cant sail anymore. I forgot about that.
She's been in dry dock since I think the 1920s. They really should strike it.
WPG/WAGC/WHEC-37, originally called USCGC Taney (/ˈtɔːni/), is a United States Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter notable as the last warship floating that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor.[3] She was named for Roger B. Taney (1777-1864), who served as U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the United States.
She is also one of two Treasury-class (out of seven total) Coast Guard cutters still afloat. Active for 50 years, Taney saw action in both theaters of combat in World War II, serving as a command ship at the Battle of Okinawa, and as a fleet escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She also served in the Vietnam War, taking part in Operation Market Time. Taney was also used in drug interdiction and fisheries protection work.[4]
She was decommissioned in 1986, and has since served as a museum ship in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988.[3] In 2020, Historic Ships in Baltimore and the Living Classrooms Foundation announced that they will remove the name Taney from the ship, in recognition of her namesake's historical acts of racial injustice, instead identifying her as simply WHEC-37.[5][6]
Treasury class 327's had beautiful lines and were the best cutters USCG ever had ; based on a 1932 Erie class gunboat design with a cruiser bow they could pursue German u boats at flank speed in winter North Atlantic storms while USN destroyers had to back off due to heavy slamming and rolling. I still remember relieving Bibb from Ocean Station Charlie in Dec 1965 off Greenland and delivering her crew's mail by Hi Line transfer in rough seas when a rogue wave hit us [ cutter Coos Bay (WAVP - 376) ].
The USS Constitution alongside the USS Constellation was retired from Navy service in 1955. The two of them are the oldest US Ships still afloat and had the longest service in the navy.
Iowa: what about meeee?
Enterprise:what about meeeeeheeeee?
Great Video. Thanks.
I saw the USS Blue Ridge in port in Manila a few years back. When I looked up how old the ship was my jaw dropped. If it makes it to it's planned retirement date of 2039 it will be 70 years old. The taxpayers certainly are getting their money's worth with that vessel.
6:06 one of my neighbors’ was on that ship when the incident happened.
There was a kid in my division (he was our Recruit Yeoman), at boot camp, at RTC Great Lakes, who got assigned to the Constitution as his first duty station. How did THAT happen?!
(Rhetorical question, as I'm well aware.)
Left out YRBM-20. Commissioned in 1945, is currently based at San Diego. Went aboard in Vietnam where she serviced riverine patrol boats and Navy attack helicopters.
Except YRBM-20 is not a commissioned naval vessel. True, she is listed as active on the Naval Vessel Register, but without a commission she is not legally a naval vessel. In addition, she is a barge without any sort of propulsion.
@@tiladx
YRBM-20 might be a barge, but besides the Constitution she is the only one with a list of crew killed in surface action.
Where is CVN68? Nimitz isn't active?
What happen to the USC Eagle she being around for a long time
She's not U.S. Navy.
US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS are made to last 50 to 60 years.
Since the 80s, if we're talking Nimitz/Ford class, yes. More like 50, not 60. The older carriers were not designed to last that long.
Wait. An electrical engineer named Frank CABLE? That is so cool.
The Constitution is a museum ship, but one that's still owned by the US Navy. The only reason she's considered "in active service" is because she can still sail under her own power (literally, "sail"), and occasionally, she still does, with the crew even in period uniform. In 1997, during her 200th anniversary tour of the coastal ports of the US, she was escorted by the guided-missile destroyer Ramage and frigate Halyburton. Her last dry-dock refit was in 2015.
The Constitution is still a commissioned US Navy Ship with real US Navy sailors. It's on the official register. Another example of a ship around the same age is the USS Constellation in Baltimore. It can also sail under her own power in theory. However, it's not a commissioned ship. It's a museum. It's floating. I've been aboard both ships.
The ship that I've been aboard and thought it would never sail again is the Charles W. Morgan. It's the oldest wooden whaling ship in the world and much to my surprise, they sailed it in 2014.
@@robertthomas5906 If it's still in active service though, why'd they remove the hull number "IX-21?" Did it ruin the vintage look?
@@BlackEpyon What do you mean if? I'd put in a url link. However, YT will delete it. Look for "List of current ships of the United States Navy", scroll down to the C's under Commissioned ships and see the Constitution there.
USS Constitution - Original six frigates Classic frigate 1 October 1797 Boston, MA [51] The oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy.
@@robertthomas5906 According to Wikipedia, they added the 'IX-21" designation in 1941, and removed it in September of 1975. I don't know the details of that, but I kinda like the idea of a ship this old having a hull number.
@@BlackEpyon Oh, that. Sounds like a bureaucrat move. All hulls have to have a designation and number, or something. I can't find anything on it other than it served as a brig. Maybe a curator would know.
U.S navy rules the waves forever
Uss Nimitz CVN68 is older then the Carl Vinson and still active
the Nimitz has been retired.
Isn't anyone actually *listening* ? USS Nimitz is scheduled to be withdrawn from fleet service in 2025. As was stated *in* the video.
Fun Fact: The Navy maintains a private forest of white oaks at NSA Crane, Indianna for use in repairing the USS Constitution.
0:58 *Desert Storm
Ok first of all the Oldest Active Duty Ship is the USS CONSTITUTION out of Boston MA.
USS NIMITZ CVN 68 is the first nuclear aircraft carrier built as such, she was preceed by USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 however she was decommissioned and her anchors turned over to the new USS ENTERPRISE CVN 78, I beleive. But it goes Nimitz 68, EISENHOWER 69, VINSON 70, ROOSEVELT 71. Those are the Nimitz class carries.I should know I served on board USS NIMITZ CVN 68 84-87 she was my first ship, man.
The 30-year shipbuilding plan released by the Navy in 2020 has the service reaching a fleet of 355 ships by 2049. It expects to build its active ship total to 305 by the end of 2021. This isn't 1941. WWIII will be short. Reserve ships will not play any role as it takes too long to bring up to speed and train new crews.
If the war in Ukraine is any indication it won't be. It will probably turn into something equivalent to a more mobile WW1. Basically a giant slug fest
I used to agree with you, but the Russians have been re-enacting world war 1, and all its horror, for the past 4 months. I think the next war will be terribly familiar.
Did my blueshirt training on the vinson while the lincoln was in drydock that was the first and last time i worked around S3 vikings and i saw 1 tomcat do a few launches and traps cus i worked with rhinos and the last couple of deployments with prowlers before growlers took the stage but other than that unfortonately the HMS Victory still holds the title for the oldest commissioned warship cus she was commishioned either before or after our revolutionary war the constitution and her 5 sisters were the first US naval vessels around the barbary pirate wars im not counting the continental naval vessels but yeah shes the oldest and still active id love to go see her in boston
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I thought the Constellation was also still on the books.
Constellation ( Baltimore) is owned by a museum.
Visiting USS constitution is always cool. Last time I did she was in dry dock.
The world's oldest naval ship still in commission is HMS Victory , Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the
battle of Trafalgar 21st oct 1805 . She was laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765 , however the USS Constitution
is the oldest still afloat
Can you still be called a ship with a big wheelchair accessible door cut into your hull?
There is no big hole cut in the hull for wheelchair access. Check your facts
@@philbarnes9361 - I watched Drach walk through it: ruclips.net/user/clipUgkx0ypIBmcFr65Rx6ARw5YlsMeqAlm8ZI4J
3:16 Nice
Wasn't the Iowa class can be considered as in service?
They’re all museums now.
How about SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4)..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Curtiss_(T-AVB-4)
I'm having a Mandela moment I could swear the original ohio-class Flagship was retired thanks for the video
It was going to be, but the navy got sick of not having an SSGNs so they looked what they could do. The altered 22 of the subs missles tubes so each could carry 7 Tomahawks for a total of 154 missles.
One of these subs could ruin most navy's whole day, and we have four of them.
@@frednone that's where I got confused I thought we had 2 converted to cruise missile subs from the Ohio class I didn't know we had 4 thanks for the info
You guys forgot MTS 626
Hình như đề tài này được làm rồi 🤔🤔🤔
So what the problem with that little Ivan 🙂
@@redblueyankee8343 They're speaking Vietnamese, not Russian.
@@benn454 I know but almost Vietcong commie is pro-Russian
I wondered why there was no mention of 'Eagle'. It is not a US Navy ship. I thought it might have been because of it's origin as a war trophy.
"Ahhh, this was freedom Will!"
"Bad food. Brutal discipline. No women!"
I got that reference.
Our museum fleet is the second largest navy
It’s been 42 years since a submarine sank a surface ship in combat (Falklands War)
What about the Pueblo?
6:14
She's on the list.
Try to pay attention, folks.
Shouldn't all the nimitiz class except Reagan be on this list
While on the list as an active ship the USS Constitution's status is more ceremonial. Now if we go by battle stars I wonder how many of these ships can beat the two that the Great Lakes freighter the Lee A Tregurtha which were earn as the USS Chiwawa in WWII.
And while visiting the Constitution in 2017, I learned the only thing that is original on the ship is it's keel, everything else has be reproduced or replaced. it's 99 percent not the same ship!
Is anyone under the illusion that USS Constitution is a participating member of any modern battle fleet?
@@ILSRWY4 - the same is true for you. 🤔
Every gangsta until the uss constitution sails out of Boston
@@spikespa5208 I literally wrote Boston but I was like "I could've sworn it was in New york"
@@bejaminmaston1347 Good edit 👍
My Step dad Served on Dwight D. Eisenhower during the Gulf war.
Where is the battleship texas of the us
IF you are gonna include the USS Pueblo.. You also need to include the USS Arizona.
I do believe it is still on the active list. I'd just remove Pueblo. Makes more sense.
The USS Arizona isn't an active ship. It was stricken from the registry in December 1942.
With regards to constitution i think you used a play of words by adding "still afloat" . I think hms victory is more impressive laid down in 1759 and commissioned in 1778. She is the worlds oldest commioned warship and flagship. Although not afloat she is in dry dock to ensure her condition for future generations. She also carried 106 guns vs a mere 44 of constitution
If it can’t sail, is it still a ship? 🤔
Of course its a ship what a silly think to say. If Ships in dry dock are not ships what are they? And whats more it is possible for victory to come out of dry dock.
The USS. Nimitz is still active and not scheduled to retire until 2027 and is older the the Carl Vinson. The data for this video is not entirely correct.
What is a rah-JISS-ter? Who is Ah-samma-BIN-lidden?
What’s an iss-land?
Good one 😀
A very poorly written TTS program (text to speech). Horrid mispronunciations.
Ah, the replies explain it! Very off-putting, to say the least! Bailed VERY early because of it.
@@richardcleveland8549 I did not like it either.
When you realize a thread has been co-opted by bit coin and alternate income and investment nuts.
Constitution is also the only current American warship that has sunk another ship with naval gunfire
The uss constitution isn’t the oldest ship still afloat I think you’ll find that is the HMS victory.
HMS Victory is not afloat she has been in permanent dry dock for a long time now
@@jyshot yes she is and she is still commissioned in the Royal Navy
@@LYNX_FRoSTY99 yes she is still commissioned but she is no longer in the water and she will never be put back to sea
hms victory is a beached whale
Blue Ridge sailor here she's older than Whitney. Now fight me
IX21 !
You say the one the N. Koreans got had been a Coast Guard ship used to train civilians for the Army?
I have some questions.
Why would the US Army train civilians rater than army personnel?
Why would the Coast Guard be doing the training for another service?
And why would people training for the US army - a land force - be doing so aboard a ship?
This makes no sense.
Cover story - it’s a spy ship chocked full of three letter agencies.
*THE CONSTITUTION IS RIGGED!!* 7:23
Send USS Constitution to South China Sea to scare off thr chinese 😎
Would have been nice if you could have used a narrator that could speak clear "American English".
Nimitz is still active. Talk about a poorly researched pile of crap.
They didn't say it wasn't still active. It will be until 2025.
Everyone of these is still in commission that's the entire point of the video...
She/He Replaced Older Equipment
Since When We Can Use Those For None Human
Dessert strike?😂
Interesting that the narrator expresses the date in the same manner as 95% of the world, not in the confused American way.