Great tour Tom, thanks.

Not too many people are re left that still know how to operate that equipment

The Alabama is better🤣

Beautiful craftsmanship.

Great video - how about a video on the chain locker?

Thank you for taking time to share with us. It amazes me the thought put into these systems and making them accessible to the young people that found themselves thrust into an entirely new environment where they would be asked to risk their lives daily.

Awesome stuff!!!!

Aaaaah, the old 4-high canvas racks. I remember, as a newbie just out of Boot Camp, our leading PO coming around a few minutes after Reville and waking everyone up. Then, ten minutes later waking us again, if he had to return for a third time he cut your bunk lashings. I had mine cut once, and it was not an easy job to re-lash that canvas bunk....took me several hours. I learned my lesson and immediately arose in the morning for the rest of my Navy career. CWO4 USN Ret.

Good on ya, ladies!

Great Job Christina and Emma, way to go.

Great stuff!

Great stuff!

Great Presentation & Great Job

Great job Christina and Emma!

Great job!!!

Alright, Rosie!

Just FYI ... 41 knots equates more approximately to 47 MPH ... not 65 MPH. Other than that ... ^v^

Very interesting. My father was in the upper handling room in mount 52 (5”/38) on the light cruiser USS Atlanta during WW2. When she was sunk that space was hit and everyone in there was killed except my dad.

I ❤ big mamie

The Mighty Mamie looks in bad shape sorry to see this. My father served on her in '44 and '45 he lives in Florida. I went aboard the Mass in the late '70s it felt surreal thinking less than thirty years earlier took a part in history.

Hi Tom, Thanks for an informative video. Just returned last Saturday from Drydock #3 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard with John Scholes and my nephew after seeing Battleship New Jersey BB - 62 high and dry. The last time I saw a Battleship in Drydock was Massachusetts in Boston in 1999. However I was not able to go down into the Drydock then. This time we were able to get a great 1 hour guided tour and was most impressed with the great condition of the 81 year old underside steel hull and all four propellers and twin rudders. My suggestion to you folks is the next time you Drydock Massachusetts or any of your fleet that you sell Drydock Tours as they are a great fundraiser to defray your maintenance expenses. Hope to see you in September for a continuation of John Scholes " Firepower " tour. Take Care and thanks for all you and the other volunteers do.

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It’s great

Awesome. My Uncle was on that boat when she took a torpedo to the bow. I believe around 22 men perished on that day.

Big band music is a no from me dawg

She ship is looking pretty good below. Did a couple overnights when my bits were young. They grabbed two of the chiefs bunks and my younger boy even slept through revelry- which ain’t easy cause it’s pretty loud down below- they do it for real. Second time had a Jr officer stateroom which was pretty comfy. RHIP.

Love these videos

AWESOME!!

Hate to have one of those over-the-desk racks!

Thank you!

Love this channel! One of my summer jobs in college was playing the organ at St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River, just up the hill from the battleship!

Great Video, Love the content! 5:17 I love the nose that heater makes, I always look forward to hearing it when I participate in the overnights. Gives you a rely "in the moment on a battleship" type of vibe.

Thanks for this video! I saw her in Dry Dock in South Boston a few years back while she was being spruced up. Got some great pictures from a roof next to the Drydock.

That IS a lot of meat!!

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I'm glad to see this work being done since my visit last summer

This was great, thank you very much

Thanks for this

not the fastest only capable of 27.5 knots

Fantastic video. Love learning about the Kennedy and destroyers from the 60s. A period I don't know much about.

Awesome stuff!!

1:09 Saratoga or Lexington in the background.

The CPO was a lead (human) character in King Kong.

I can only imagine what a nightmare working on the wiring on a ship like this must have been at the time. That radar repeater probably had wiring harnesses as thick as a man's arm running to the different radar receivers. Stuff like that has become so much easier with digital network technology.

Superman was in the Navy ?

Really cool stuff!!

Is that battleship worth upgrading for newer technologies and still keeping 16in guns?

Ooh first comment ...and longtime machinist

never seen this before, gave me goose bumps, close to tears...been to Kennedy Island in south pacific, up the chain from Guadalcanal,flew over Rendova to get there, can walk across it in 30 seconds, incredible thing is he swam to 2 other islands, it was to far for my banana boat to go!

I thank you for pointing out who made the components. Looking to see who made the components is one of the first things I do when I tour historic places and things. It's interesting to know that Kohler made the tubes.