BATTLESHIP NEWS: Restoring the Admiral's Barge
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- In this episode we're talking about the latest restoration project, the admiral's barge.
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I remember my friend who was an Engineman (EN) and was assigned to the Admirals barge. He took me up on it once to show me. I can't confirm nor deny the fact that the Admirals barge had a stash of whiskey on board and that some of it was consumed. 😊
Outstanding.
Spoken like a true Sailor.
@@jackmoorehead2036 😜
Hi, Ryan! I’m an ex-admiral’s barge crew member (boat pool C7F 1973-75). I saw a number of U.S. Navy admiral’s barges in Japan and the Philippines, and I never saw one that didn’t have the white topside, black hull, white waterline stripe, and green/turquoise underwater hull configuration. Given our penchant for regulations, I’m pretty sure there was an OPNAVINST governing it. I looked on the WWW a bit today, and only found one partial/possible exception to the rule: the CINCPACFLT barge seems to have a transom which is varnished natural wood color, rather than black. I found a bunch of other barge pictures, from various eras, which all seemed to have the color configuration I’ve described. I wish I lived in the area, I’d come down and lend a hand in the restoration (you need some macrame work inside the cabin(s)). Unfortunately, I’m living in Poland. 😅
Thanks for sharing.
The Scouts did a very good job on the hull of the boat. Too bad that ADM Reason didn't get to pin on his third star with his Flag still in New Jersey. "COMCRUDES ...", DANG! What a mouthful!
An old shipmate of mine from USS Caron had fully retired but wanted a project boat to restore, he had been a boat engineer and usually ran the Gig. He heard the Navy was selling off a bunch of old boats at the St. Julians Creek Annex in Portsmouth VA. He told us he was looking around at the boats up for auction and stumbled across Caron's old Gig, he verified it was the same boat by the serial number. It was missing it's engine and transmission but he bid on it anyway. He got his project boat and last I heard he had found an engine / transmission set. Surprisingly the boat still had the prop and shaft with both still in good shape. It's been several years, I don't know how far he's gotten with the project.
Maybe call your old shipmate? It's always nice to get in touch again.
Id love to see the interior of the Admirals bardge. My dad was a deisel mechanic in Vietnam on one, and the Admiral had to have the fastest boat around. They were always water-skiing. Ive done alot of looking but never seen what those boats are like.
The hull of the Admirals boat looks nice. Good job.
Done some wooden boat work in my time. First thought when seeing the green on the bottom of the hull was "anti-fouling paint". Little things that make the entire interpretation feel complete.
Copper based anti fouling paint is exactly that color as one option (particularly since they banned the red tin based paints).
Thank you for choosing a less annoying intro on the premiere. :) I know YT gives few options and most are super annoying. :)
Many years ago while serving on the USS Independence we were steaming up the Sea of Marmara heading to Istanbul. We lowered the Admirals barge while simultaneously getting ready to drop the anchors. The barge while still attached to the crane got caught in the turbulence and rolled over filling the boat with water. It broke apart and the boat crew got dumped.
Boat accidents like this are no laughing matter. People have died during boat drill accidents.
If the crew messes up, they didn't have the proper instruction, commands, training or education.
Mistakes like that often show flaws in the system, but people tend to blame the lowest ranks instead of fixing things.
Has Admiral Reason been back to visit the ship since his retirement?
You are historically correct. The best kind of correct.
Another great video. Thanks Ryan & Libby. I noticed the usual "Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial is supported by ..." was missing at the end...
Being stationed on a frigate, I rarely saw Admirals’ barges, but my recollection was that all of them had the paint scheme of a black hull with blue-green below a white waterline stripe. This would have been 81-85 timeframe. I never heard of any exterior customization (inside the cabin was another story.
That's the way I've always seen them as well.
Maybe Battleship Privilege? 😅
How many of the Ship's boats are sea-worthy? It would be a sweet tour option to take a ride on one of the boats.
Wow, that IS a really cool color scheme on that boat!
My dad served on the Missouri. They went through one storm that was so bad the waves destroyed the captains barge.
Rungs with "NO CLIMBING" painted. How very military.
It’s probably a museum addition
I was just going to comment on that, too
That's a museum sign. It wasn't there when the ship was active. The rungs were gray then too, or black, not red.
Meant to keep honest, intelligent people off. The vast majority just ignore it.
Love that color scheme.
Very cool and historical
Bravo and SALUTE to the Scouts for such a fine work!
Also I have to laugh that the Admiral's boat is called a barge. You would think for such a high ranking officer, the Navy could come up with a more classy name.
Yeah. Admiral's barge, Captain's gig. I'm not sure where they came up with the names, but I believe the old Egyptian Pharoes had royal barges.
Barge is the traditional name used for the personal boats of high-ranking officials. They were called barges long before the modern usage for cargo carriers.
Go Eagle Scouts (Go Chiefs, personally). Good job.
That's really striking
CNAVRES mark V flag barge had a green strip instead of the full green hull. I was Engineer and POINC from 1975-1978. For Vice Admiral Charbonnet.
I got to SCUBA off the Captain’s Gig at Guantanamo. Not bad for E5 BT. Imagine carrying twin 80’s tanks from the MMR up the the hanger bay then back down to the waterline. Sandwiches and beer after the dive was a nice touch.
I think that personalization on the Admiral's Barge is really cool.
Cool Eagle Scout project. Is the green paint anti-fowling paint, or do they not bother with that for boats that will spend most of their time stored on deck, not in the water?
I've been wondering what the proper term for these boats are. I thought they were "picket boats" / "steam pinnacles" / "motor launch" / "lifeboats" I always wondered if battleships and cruisers at least had one small boat for an offensive roll, like a last ditch effort to sink another ship, or perhaps a stealth night operation, using a motor torpedo boat, it would be cool to have a video on the rolls of ships boats, common sizes, and what they were used for.
Gigs/barges, motor whaleboats, utility boats. The gigs and barges had enclosed cabins and were used at the commanding officer's or admiral's discretion. The 26' motor whaleboat was small, open and quick to launch from a davit, and was used for man overboard or pilot rescue. 40' utility boats were larger and used for ferrying sailors, mail, parts, etc. ashore and back or across a harbor. When Missouri was active we had one gig, one MWB, and 3 utility boats if I recall correctly. We had more boats than davit space, so we kept one utility boat in a cradle chained to the fantail just aft of the superstructure. Modern naval lifeboats are inflatables contained in canisters that look like large gray beer barrels, strapped in racks along the sides of the superstructure.
@@duanem.1567 thankyou for explaining, I never thought about "man overboard" or "mail" that's a good point! 😆
The full quotation (from Nathaniel Herreshof) is "There are only two colors to paint a boat, black and white...and only a fool would paint it black".
My grandfather was "Admiral Barge Crew" in the royal navy. I'm sure there are differences but do you happen to have any sort of documentation on what that role entailed? Did the crew move with the admiral (seems to be the case for my grandfather) or were they generally assigned to a ship. Did the barge go with the Admiral at the end, or did it get redecorated? Did barge crew tend to the barge as a full time job for "readiness" or did they integrate with the crew? What little documentation I can find for my grandfather it looks like he reported directly to the admiral but worked in another department on the ship in a sort of a "verify what the officers of the ship tell me from the enlisted point of view" role.
Question; this may be a silly question? When the weight came on to the blocks as the water was pumped from the dry dock where people present on board and did they hear any sounds from the structure.
Didn't hear the ship at all
Why does Wisconsin have bicycles on it and do any of the other Battleships have those bike racks?
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Would be cool if you can restore it to function.. and do ridealongs in the harbor
We've got one of those! ruclips.net/video/Mm2EXX503gY/видео.html
I so want to climb where it says not to.
Its the ladder to nowhere
But the view is great!
Ryan, was the captain's gig also a 40 footer like the barge or a shorter one?
All the captain"s gigs I've seen have been 26 footers on smaller ships like Frigates and 36 footers on larger ships. On the Hermitage we had two boats called gigs. The actual Captain's gig was a 36 foot fiberglass boat. The other that we called the XOs gig was a steel 36 foot LCPL (Landing craft, Personnel, Light) that I think was the ship's original Captain's gig. I "think" the Spiegel Grove (also an LSD) carried her original LCPL as her gig, and three LCVPs, compared to the Hermitage's 2 LCVPs, one LCPL and the Captain's gig. My memory of the ship's boats isn't as clear as some other things. The Yellowstone (AD-41) carried a LOT of boats, from 26 foot whale boats to huge 'utility' boats for carrying personal, they were at least 60 feet long. Huge boats. Her Captain's gig was huge, too.
@@dennisfariello4852 thank you!
No disrespect…What is the picture to the left of the picture of the admiral’s barge? (3:45)
The photo next to it in the cruisebook, it's someone's face
@@BattleshipNewJersey
Yeah, that is more than creepy.
Zemansky just wants to use that thing to commute back and forth to the ship.
Do you perhaps mean 26 foot motor whale boats?
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Does the Admiral's barge have a head?
Ours did. 1975-78
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Admiral's barge?
I'm guessing it was a boat used to transport crew an head honchos to an from shore when the ship couldn't get into ports because of draft issues or other circumstances
For reasons lost to time, the Admiral’s boat was always referred to as a barge; similarly, the Captain’s boat was always referring to as a gig.
Flag barge
Was POINC of a vice admiral’s flag barge from 1975-1978. Great duty.
Showing the admirals boat pic has porno clip to the right on screen. Fix before yt sees it!
That's someone's face...
I would block it.@@BattleshipNewJersey
Ryan, shame on you, you know full well that the USS Constellation is not the original 1797 frigate but, rather, the 1854 sloop of war.
And the sloop got the same color scheme
oh god, none of those kids masks were fit right! (as a long time sander/painter/grinder, it makes me cringe)
.....I worked at a shipyard myself. Just a little bit of antifouling dust it good for them.
All those kids aren’t wearing their mask correctly lol
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