USS Silversides SS236 U.S. Navy Gato Class World War 2 Submarine Walk Through Tour docked in Muskegon, Michigan on 1 June 2018. Video By Heinz Thiel World War 2 HRS Press Corps www.worldwartwohrs.org/
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@parrisgeorge86202 жыл бұрын
My son and I spent the night on board this sub for Boy Scouts. The dining area in the video makes it look bigger than what it really is. Although, there is more room on her than the German subs. The engines were made there in that city so they are easily worked on. In fact, once a month the engines are still run. The propellers are off but engines still run as smoothly as ever. It was absolutely an amazing night. The parents all sat in the galley drinking coffee and playing cards while the kids slept. For history buffs it is a great time. From what we were told, the boat could still operate which in itself is crazy. She is a beautiful boat.
@jackrabbitslim25002 жыл бұрын
My dad served on submarines when I was a kid. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor and I remember getting to tour the U.S.S Bowfin one time.
@johnburrows11792 жыл бұрын
These guys in WW1&2 who were in these submarines had balls of steel. Cramped. Noisy as hell. And one wrong move and you had an unimaginable death. Today’s submarines are like suites at the Hilton hotel compared to these
@Luckiestof132 жыл бұрын
Hell, one wrong flush of a toilet could sink you if you didn't take the right steps.
@ELIGG152 жыл бұрын
@@Luckiestof13 lol true
@parrisgeorge86202 жыл бұрын
@@Luckiestof13 so true, when they explained what you had to do to flush, it confused the hell out of all of us.
@brianzak2 жыл бұрын
The engineering for one of these is mindboggling.
@Buzz652 жыл бұрын
I agree, especially when you consider the era. Amazing.
@2CODO19632 жыл бұрын
@@Buzz65 and all done with slide rules and note pads.
@aplexas42062 жыл бұрын
I do piping for cruiser ships , like the lowest decks and darkest places , and I always think to my self "how the fuck this gonna work" when i see all the pipes , cabels , engines ...
@jotunblod2 жыл бұрын
@@Buzz65 Society has gotten dumber and will continue to decline.
@fredmiller64822 жыл бұрын
Yep. No CAD, no calculators, no 3D modeling. Just a bunch of smart guys with pencil and paper, a good knowledge of math and physics, common sense and the ability to communicate.
@MrGruffteddybear3 жыл бұрын
I was in the Navy on an aircraft carrier and I thought it was cramped. Wow, no way I could have been a submariner in WW2. Deep respect to all the brave souls who fought on those subs.
@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc133 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that people were smaller and shorter back then.
@fresatx3 жыл бұрын
You miss the circle jerks in the berthing area!!
@fresatx2 жыл бұрын
@Maggot Oh you heard about her about too huh? Yup "The Harbor Queen" was a beast in her prime.
@JoeGallo432 жыл бұрын
I was surface fleet as well. CVN-72 the Lincoln.
@JoeGallo432 жыл бұрын
@@fresatx wanna hot rack after chow shipmate? Meet me in the forward galley we can share midrats together.
@thorfinthorfin30102 жыл бұрын
As an old Army Grunt I will tell you no way in Hades I would ever get into a submarine, even in peace time. These Sailors have my total respect. Your a special breed.
@athanakop77752 жыл бұрын
*you're
@davidberry31532 жыл бұрын
I’m a tour guide for Silversides. I love this boat and am proud to talk about her and the men who went to war in her. She is a very special piece of history. One that you can touch and feel.
@hkguitar19842 жыл бұрын
Truly amazing what our Soldiers endure, in the past and present. Much Respect.
@robheskin2 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome!! How did it get to Michigan? I’m assuming there’s a river but still :)
@loreng74332 жыл бұрын
I stayed overnight on this boat as a kid while in the Boy Scouts. 10 years later I was on an Active Submarine in the Navy. Thank you for the incredible childhood memory recall lol
@bf75042 жыл бұрын
I cant imagine 72 enlisted men, those engines and all the other smells and sounds on a full Pacific deployment
@loganbaileysfunwithtrains6062 жыл бұрын
I don’t think all engines would be running all the time so there might have been some where that was quiet but yeah probably smelled like grease, diesel and body odor, there was a quote by a German who served on a U-boat and said all the uboats had a “distinct smell of sweat and sh!t”
@johneratcliff2 жыл бұрын
Just like your bedroom!
@zellyu85592 жыл бұрын
72?! But it looks so small! Wow
@bozomori22872 жыл бұрын
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@igamehard88602 жыл бұрын
@@johneratcliff tell your mom to take a bath
@johnhutnick12323 жыл бұрын
Our Father served of this boat. Thanks for the great video.
@NineInchNailer2 жыл бұрын
Me: "Grandpa, what did you do during the WW2?" Grandpa: „I slept next to a frickin’ Torpedo!”
@petresko10412 жыл бұрын
Much more preferable than as far away from them. If they blow up inside the sub, you're dead before you can register pain.
@deanwoolston47943 жыл бұрын
This boat is in awesome shape. I walked through a WWII submarine in Baltimore Harbor, and it was in no where near, as good of shape, as this submarine is. God bless the men that have sailed in these cramped,miserable and dangerous weapon of war.
@RandomDudeOne2 жыл бұрын
Compared to a U Boat this was pleasant.
@garymahony28442 жыл бұрын
That is absolutely immaculate.....a lot of pride and respect shown in that Submarine 👏👏👏👍
@dzinn9013 жыл бұрын
I think this is the boat I went aboard at the Navy Pier in Chicago in late '79 early '80. It was all torn apart inside and they were just starting to restore it. I was attending the Navy's Electronic "A" school in Great Lakes at the time and a classmate and I were allowed to come aboard and take a look around. I was a submarine volunteer and eventually served on a Sturgeon class boat out of Pearl. The USS Silversides is the first submarine I set foot on. It helped me to appreciate what those sailors went through and how far technology has come for those of us that have followed in their steps.
@MinneapolisDavid2 жыл бұрын
The sacrifices made - just being “trapped” for weeks in this tube - not to mention the fear of being hunted -or imploding. God bless our submariners
@retirednavy87202 жыл бұрын
I spent a little over 25 years in the USN and you could not get me on a sub at gunpoint. I have utmost respect for the men that can and do serve on them.
@7Elisk Жыл бұрын
I also visited the USS Silversides with my boy scout troop in the 90's and got to sleep overnight when I was a kid. It was a really cool I got to sleep in the officers quarters and my dad got me a bosun's whistle at the giftshop in the museum. I was fascinated by all the meters, knobs and switches and how anyone could know how to operate it all. I also imagined being the seaman who had to sleep under the torpedo.
@higherfordkid1625 Жыл бұрын
What is most amazing here is the actual construction methods of such a compact and complex engineering masterpiece so that everything had a purpose and worked without fault.
@ericdee68022 жыл бұрын
My Father was a CPO first class radio/radar operator on the U.S.S. Redfin (Gato Class) sub in the South Pacific 1942. Those guys had a death wish!
@kingpapaplays69332 жыл бұрын
@@erichmutchler3262 lucky your uncle wasn’t on the sub when it left port
@pwilki86312 жыл бұрын
CPO 1st class is a royal Canadian navy rank.
@Cybersawz2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see the USS Silversides in my hometown of Muskegon, Mi. She is officially credited with sinking 23 ships, the third-most of any allied World War II submarine. Much respect for the sailors who had to live in such cramped quarters during so dangerous a time.
@ThreeEyeGypsy302 жыл бұрын
I take my hat off to a WWII submarine cook. Imagine having to cook three meals a day on board an active submarine on duty off the coast of Japan.
@firemedic51003 жыл бұрын
I've taken my children through the USS Cavalla in Galveston, TX, and it was all I could do to get through it. I knew it was sitting on dry land, but was looking on where to make door to get out if it were to go under water. Those that served on these, had much bigger balls than I would ever have. Much respect to the people that served on these. Nope, I wouldn't be able to it.
@thomashoward98062 жыл бұрын
I went to sea on the Cavalla for 8 hrs. in 1963. That's 16 dives. I don't know if it had a full crew as it was a school boat at New London. I enjoyed it immensely. The captain gave me carte blanche of the whole boat. Ask any questions. I got to look thru the periscope as we dove, listened to the torpedo chaser boats on sonar. They fired 3 waterslugs and 2 torpedoes. It is a snorkal boat for recharging batterys at periscope depth. I was in the engine room when they did the snorkal thing in 12' sea swells. My ears just about collapsed. I'd do it again in a New York minute.
@amdg20233 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, no ignorant music and the sound of the ocean adds great reverence for those who served her, well done.
@jimsteele99752 жыл бұрын
My qual boat was USS Sennet (SS408) a Balao Class commissioned 1943......very similar. Surprising how much I still can recall about it......my eyes immediately went to 'my' rack and the location (in the passageway of the galley) of the hatch to the sonar room where I spent most of my time......
@Yowzoe2 жыл бұрын
What years or year were you on that boat? Is it in your dreams often?
@stevenhassell4258 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. I wish they would allow this to be shown in schools. Remembering the men who gave us our freedoms. I'm a Vietnam veteran. But to do this job was a special breed of men. Thank you again.
@Thadude7012 жыл бұрын
When I was in sub school Groton Connecticut I toured an old diesel boat and almost withdrew my volunteer status for submarine service,life on a boomer in the mid 80s was pretty nice to be honest .
@erikrhafer66442 жыл бұрын
Great food I understand ?
@Thadude7012 жыл бұрын
@@erikrhafer6644 we had fruits and vegetables packed in nitrogen to last longer ,I heard a price of 180 per meal ( idk if that's true or not) all I can say is the food was pretty good and I am a picky eater.when in port the base chow hall served good food also .
@erikrhafer66442 жыл бұрын
@@Thadude701 my cousin was on a boomer in the 80's, he came home chubby said it was the food on board that did it...
@NordicDan Жыл бұрын
A friend of mine is a retired Chief and served as Chief of the Boat on the John C Calhoun before it was decommissioned in 1994. His father (I forget what his rating was) was on the crew of the Silversides during its final three patrols of WWII, including when it got the last US submarine kill of the war. Very cool to see the Silversides in this video.
@LittlealxYT Жыл бұрын
Amazing quality, quiet and respectful walkthrough, so we can focus on the fascinating machine instead of personalities. thank you Heinz
@scuderio7622 жыл бұрын
This is luxurious when you compare it to the German Type VII submarines
@chicorodriguez5196 Жыл бұрын
I slept overnight on the silversides, sometime in the mid 90’s. My Cub Scout group took a trip to the sub, and they allowed us to camp out there overnight. Very neat experience
@hastequick16183 жыл бұрын
In September 1994 I visited USS Growler in New York. Although a man born and raised in a sea place, it was my first time inside a submarine. This video reminded me about the experience very much.
@edwardschmitt57103 жыл бұрын
Nice job, held the camera well and moved at a good slow speed. Felt like I was there walking through it.
@SaltiDawg20083 жыл бұрын
I served in five Boats - two Diesel Boats, the Quillback and the T-1. Also, three SSN's - Pargo, Trepang, and Bergall.
@yanni21123 жыл бұрын
I was on a Sub Tender!
@Abensberg2 жыл бұрын
i served on a type VII, type IX and type XXI in silent hunter 3.
@davidkeeton67162 жыл бұрын
@@Abensberg Alright, knock it off!
@daveanderson38052 жыл бұрын
It's simply incredible I can't imagine going to war on one of those steel coffins I have a lot of respect for the guys who served on submarines I understand that they were all volunteers
@b3j82 жыл бұрын
The Gerrman subs were the real definition of coffins as the vast majority were sunk taking their brave crews to their deaths.
@arwood1113 жыл бұрын
We go to military museums on nearly every vacation... this boat is absolutely the best example of a working boat I have every seen!! Kudos to the people who take the time to keep this wonder alive!! Thank you!! I will make the trip to see this one is person too!
@misterjag2 жыл бұрын
Silversides was one of the most successful submarines in the Pacific Theater of World War II, with 23 confirmed sinkings, totaling more than 90,000 long tons (91,444 t) of shipping.
@jeffjansen582 Жыл бұрын
Japs were lucky not to see U boats, they sank millions of tons.
@danielwaters61313 жыл бұрын
I went on board the USS Drum at the Battleship Alabama memorial park in Mobile, Alabama in my mid twenties. I was in great shape in 1976; but being 6'4" and weighing 215 lbs I was too tall, and had a hell of a time going from compartment to compartment. They called the bulkhead hatches "Knee Knockers" for good reason, I took the skin of of my shins on three or four of them. Tried to go up on the bridge, but couldn't get my shoulders through the hatch. These boats convinced me that I didn't want to be in a submarine, even the modern ones. These boats were crewed by special men who stepped up and answered their nations call when they were needed. Thanks to them, one and all for ensuring democracy prevailed over Nazism, Fascism and Imperialism.
@UltraMagaFan3 жыл бұрын
I went on the USS Clamagore before it closed and I had the same exact problem accept I didn't scrape the skin off of my chins. I'm 6'5" I couldn't imagine working on one of these tiny things especially for weeks on end. Props to the men that had to endure that crap they really are special id probably go insane.
@ron59352 жыл бұрын
I did a tour when 236 was docked at Navy Pier in Chicago in 1950/60. Very unsure of date. Clastafobia ( can't remember dates or spell) came upon me within 2 minutes. Any person who served deserves the greatest respect. My first dept head at General Motors was a sub commander in WW2 stationed in Australia, J L Martin. Annapolis 1936. If you Google U.S. Subs inWW2 you will find a complete record of every tour of duty every sub made and who was commander. They were all Naval Academy grads starting 193x and each got his ticket for combat so he could be promoted. How many ships each sunk and tonnage. Also did a tour of a B17. That is like hiding in a beer can while people are shooting at you. This would be a scary as a sub, but you got a break after every mission.
@harveyhams15723 жыл бұрын
I live in Muskegon. We also have LST-393. The volunteers that work Silversides and 393 are doing remarkable work. Also occasionally they will start one of the engines.
@jipjob12 жыл бұрын
Most interesting! When I was a young apprentice Marine Machinest I had the opportunity to work on the last of the diesel boats. One thing I remember quit well was removing the Diesel engines. But the manifolds were on the outside of the engines and a tight positions to work on. They literally Cut parts of those exhaust manifolds to get them out! But the main thing after they were removed I got to bilge dive on the outside of these engines and get free tools that had been dropped over many years buy sailors. I can remember retrieving oil soaked tools from the obis and cleaning them up and using them once again.
@boataxe4605 Жыл бұрын
We used to have this wonderful piece of history at Navy Pier in Chicago,but the city’s politicians wanted an extraordinary amount for docking fees,so across the lake she went.
@macwyll Жыл бұрын
Yep! That's Chicago alright. It went the way of Meigs Field and the Michael Reese Hospital complex. Money and politics. I know this because I lived there for 55 years.
@attilathehung38752 жыл бұрын
A long while ago in the cub scouts we spent the night in this sub. Surprisingly cozy.
@gc11722 жыл бұрын
While my father served in the Army from Africa up through Italy to Rome I lost an uncle in the Pacific off Japan on a submarine. Then in high school got to hear the real stories of these boats as my math teacher was submariner in the Pacific.
@collinmonette97952 жыл бұрын
Sheer terror the stories inside these things.
@donaldmccall92312 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the fascinating video! I've been spending a lot of time playing my favorite old DOS simulator game Silent Service II, using a GATO class submarine. I had no idea what they were like in real life, this made my day!
@MyJustOpinion3 жыл бұрын
Even though it is a 1940s technology it is still a mind boggling complicated machine with thousands of parts that needs to work together in harmony. It supports life of 100 people under the ocean at the same with multiple weapons.
@psarnack3 жыл бұрын
yeah .. and if you look at 2:35 .. top-right , they had flat screens already ;)
@jont25763 жыл бұрын
100 people??lol what?this is a wwii submarine not the goddam titanic.
@Drimirin2 жыл бұрын
@@jont2576 Listed stats are 8 crew members and 72 enlisted men so maybe pay attention before getting all holier than thou and making a fool of yourself.
@jont25762 жыл бұрын
@@Drimirin look IV seen the movie das boot years ago alright.....no way that claptrap is going to hold 100 people......100 tourists maybe for 30 mins max. Wtf u think this is a bus? If such an internet comment like this got ur ego all hurt and riled up maybe ur the one whose holier than thou.
@Drimirin2 жыл бұрын
@@jont2576 Lmao, okay Mr movie expert.
@nja32243 жыл бұрын
You didn’t post this for me, but thank you, I’m glad you did. It was a great look into a real WWII sub.
@firebrand073 жыл бұрын
I saw this beautiful warrior boat a few years back and some day will take the tour next time I am down there. Thank you, Heinz!
@AmericaVoice2 жыл бұрын
OMG, those first 3 horn noises gave me the chills! I heard those same sounds when our base was under attack with incoming rockets, motars and/or drones while I was deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq! My nerves are going nuts right now! For those that was deployed in those countries for a while know exactly what I am saying!! IDF (indirect Fire) is much more terrifying than being shot at because you most of the time can't see what is coming in around you, whereas with being shot at you can usually tell where it's coming from, although it's terrifying as well but at a much lesser degree in my experience!
@thatdudewithicecream2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you're back! Quick question if you may. I've always wondered is it possible to see incoming/outgoing mortar and artillery fire or is that just for effects in games?
@TheRedRaven_2 жыл бұрын
@@thatdudewithicecream Not mortars but artillery can be fitted with tracers. I served overseas, we had a dud shell still logged in the ceiling of our chow hall the last time I deployed. Only thing you hear is the sirens followed by the blast or vise versa. Insurgents usually froze the mortars in the top of the tube, when it melts they fall and trigger which most of the time give them time to escape before we launch recon through air support.
@kentwilliams41524 жыл бұрын
Thanks much for the tour. I served on the USS Redfish SS-395. Appears to be identical to the Redfish. Not shown was the con. as we called it, but better known as the conning tower. The only other compartments not shown were the forward battery (ward room, officers state room, the CO’s state room and the Chief Petty Officers state room) and the pump room. Also , there was a stainless steel divider between the center bunks in the after battery.
@yeahno61002 жыл бұрын
Goddamn that's cool, what an awesome job. Can I ask what position you were in? and when did you serve on her? WW2 or post war? Either way, much respect to you Mr Williams.
@kentwilliams41522 жыл бұрын
@@yeahno6100 : Hello - I served on the redfish in 1961 & 1962. Thanks…
@bluehornet67522 жыл бұрын
Very nice. We have the USS Cobia here in Wisconsin, one of the Silversides sister ships. Remarkable boats, and it was VERY surreal to walk through it in person, and imagine that men stood in those compartments in a time of war some 80-odd years ago.
@kcspeed9980 Жыл бұрын
I’ve spoken with friends who were in the navy and the coast guard. The most important piece of equipment on any sea going military vessel is the coffee maker.
@99somerville3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour. Some of the areas look familiar as I’ve seen them in every WW2 submarine movie. Some areas are never shown in the movies though, thanks for showing them to us.
@jcvikingable3 жыл бұрын
Had the opportunity to stay the night on the USS Silversides with the boy scouts. Fun memories playing risk in the mess room.
@brendanschochet17842 жыл бұрын
Me to and my dad did not have a bed so he slep in the chained torpedo area
@richardmuntz34962 жыл бұрын
I did too in the 1980's. Those bunks are not suitable for those over six feet tall. Good memories. I slept in the triple high section.
@jeffyoung602 жыл бұрын
When you compare crew accommodations between a WW2 German VII submarine, the most common, versus a US WW2 Gato Class submarine, the stark difference makes you think it is almost criminal the way the Kriegsmarine subjected its submariners. The US sub design dedicated extra room to hold a crew's mess of four tables. The German VII sub had none. The German submariners ate in their cramped crew compartment, sitting on their bunks or on the floor. The galley was much larger than the German sub and could store more food and cook more varieties of food in larger quantities. The US sub held two showers while the German sub had none. Sure, two showers for 72 enlisted men and 16 officers is pretty tight, meaning a crewman perhaps got a shower once a week, but it was better than no shower on a two-month patrol. The Kriegsmarine doctrine was that a submarine was strictly a deadly, lethal underwater weapon system for launching torpedoes fore and aft, plus a 75mm deck cannon for surface attack. The crewman were simply aboard to man and operate the submersible weapon system and deck cannon. Accommodations were strictly minimal, to sustain life, that's all. The U.S. submarine force doctrine reflected its long naval maritime history which acknowledged accountability to the American People and constitutional civilian leadership. The American People expected their citizen military servicemen (and later servicewomen) to be treated with a modicum of respect, dignity, and attention to their basic needs and requirements. The U.S. Navy intended mess dining feeding to have at least an acceptable level of comfort, ease, and dignity, hence the dining mess area where submariners could eat in some comfort. The German submariners didn't complain because they didn't know anything better than their Type VII submarines. Though the German submariners were the deadly enemy and they all needed to be destroyed so that final victory over evil could be achieved, there is no denying their courage, élan, esprit de corps, dedication, and ultimately, sacrifice, as the odds turned heavily against them after 1942 and survival became scant chance. Service in a Type VII in 1945 became almost suicidal because few VIIs returned from patrols if ever and there were fewer and fewer subs left to carry out patrols. The VII was clearly obsolescent in 1943. The advanced Type XX1, which could have turned the Battle of the Atlantic back in Germany's favor, did not reach operational deployment until 2 to 3 months before the end of WW2, and then only in a few subs. Ironically, the German Type XX1 matched and even outdid the U.S. Gato submarines in crew comfort and accommodations: finally a crew mess area, improved air conditioning, two showers, a larger galley, two large freezers to store far more perishable food, a true cabin for the captain rather than a large closet space on a VII, and even a separate cabin to accommodate the next two, highest ranking commissioned officers on the XX1.
@matteo40962 жыл бұрын
The German never complaint because knew that the Italians were in a far worst condition then them
@tamasmihaly75722 жыл бұрын
@@matteo4096 Russians had even worse conditions in the Cold War! Many years ago I could see in Helsinki a Russian Juliet class sub and a Type II like Finnish sub (actually equal to a German Type II sub). The Finnish sub seemed to be much more luxurious than the Russian! It was shocking for me!
@AvantiMoltoVeloce2 жыл бұрын
You're spot on, this is what I wanted to make people notice: I also remember of seeing a video of a German sub, in comparison to this one in the video it looked like a Fiat Panda would look like compared to a BMW
@mvd44362 жыл бұрын
@@tamasmihaly7572 Not true. Russia built some big ones even in ww2 that looked more Gato than a U boat. Even now, Russian subs have escape capsules , suana's and auto loaders. US ones dont
@Rammstein0963.2 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention anything about the Type IX, which was basically an expanded VII (internally) it was still not AS good, but was not AS bad either.
@railfan4393 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour. Jon, Torsk Bandit, Cavalla Bilge Rat, Cod paint chipper and Skimmer- Minesweeps.
@davidhough70702 жыл бұрын
In case you were wondering, that background noise is from Lake Michigan...some times of the year the water is pretty choppy.
@michaellong66052 жыл бұрын
I spent a full year on SS409 Piper on TAD in the 60s. Came on board as an E 5 Polaris tech off a boomer. Fully qualified and thought I was hot shit. Found out I wasn’t so hot and had the most fun ever!, in my life. Met wonderful people
@jonathongrove92862 жыл бұрын
Back in 74 I was assigned to the USS Francis Scott Key. Ssbn 657. Spent Xmas and New Year's under the water. My boat was clearly alot nicer than one of those. Those old subs were amazing for their day tho
@bigg24413 жыл бұрын
It blows my mind thinking of the complexity of these things and the engineering hours that would have gone into to them. The drawing work must have been tedious.
@mikeg24913 жыл бұрын
Even more fascinating that it was built only 70 years after the end of the civil war, it’s amazing how fast technology progresses
@bigg24413 жыл бұрын
@@mikeg2491 Yes, quite a step forward from the Hunley!
@msain4272 жыл бұрын
Have you looked into the World War 1 submarines I've always studied War and was fascinated by the Second World War I just for some reason never knew about World War submarines and they are scary it took a whole new breed the amount of fumes these guys would Breathe is insane sleeping under Torpedoes it's just crazy
@markr87552 жыл бұрын
Saw the link, wondered what sub they going on... USS Silversides! Hell yeah, been on this sub just about every time I am in Muskegon. Well worth the time and money to go through the museum and the submarine.
@kenk74512 жыл бұрын
I visited the USS Ling, a museum now in Hackensack NJ. She was a WW2 sub, never saw combat but used for training. I couldn't believe how cramped everything was. God Bless me men who served!
@henktulp44002 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this vid!!.....a submarine seems like a factory squeezed into the smallest tube possible....my admiration to those who managed to be useful in this space/those conditions!!
@wst83402 жыл бұрын
Immaculately preserved.
@AdamSteidl3 жыл бұрын
Nice video, thanks for sharing. Reminds me of USS Cobia, another Gato class, over in Manitowoc, WI.
@mikeburke86562 жыл бұрын
My great uncle Warren Ganzer, Gunners Mate 2, was a submariner during WWII and served about the USS Silversides. Made war patrols (9th) from 15 Feb - 8 Apr 1944 to final war patrol (14) 30 Jul to 10 Aug 1945.
@stevejohnson56592 жыл бұрын
I spent 22 years in the Navy...only went to sea on a carrier...and I thought I had it tough! BZ to the sailors on this boat!
@TheEmmetdocbrown3 жыл бұрын
Wow. Never thought that the Gato class is so big. There is so much space in it. 3 Toilets? Pure Luxury.
@conradnickthomas4352 жыл бұрын
USS Silversides was quite a playground for me at Monroe Street harbor, Chicago during my 7th and 8th grade years ('59-'60). Years earlier my friend's father had served with the Coast Guard chief that now had duty staying aboard watching over the ship at Monroe Street harbor. We had the run of the ship, even cooked and ate on board; bunked overnight more than once - but the best was using the periscope to sweep over Grant Park and Chicago's skyline - the Prudential building was soo tall!!!
@thomask48363 жыл бұрын
Heinz, Thank You So Much!
@tonyInPA3 жыл бұрын
When I saw the condition of the brass in the forward torpedo rooms, it really jumped out at me. Kudos to the brass crew and to all…even looking at areas like the crew mess all the details are just right and probably look better than when she first entered the fleet!
@alphamale17173 жыл бұрын
All the "Brightwork" had to be polished like that.
@azspotfree2 жыл бұрын
Those crews had more guts than a slaughterhouse. Nearly 1 in 4 of them died during combat operations. It took a special breed to crew those things in WW2.
@fanatic262 жыл бұрын
Just reading the cliff notes of this submarines rich service history on wikipedia makes me want to go visit this living museum. I am so glad it was saved and restored as it is a massive piece of history for the USA. Without these machines and the heros that crewed them who knows what the world would look like today.
@pcojedi3 жыл бұрын
thank you for the walk through. Reminds me of the USS Cavalla SS244 in Galveston TX, it is a Gato Class also
@MrFiendyBob2 жыл бұрын
Dying in one of these is probably one of the scariest ways to go in world war 2
@davidwillis86232 жыл бұрын
They say it’s pretty instant because the outer shell basically implodes from all directions, crushed in a blink of an eye
@MrFiendyBob2 жыл бұрын
@@davidwillis8623 oh wow, but still being in a tin can listening to a bomber flying right above you especially the German planes the whining sound of the engines would drive u insane and then on top of that the lights go out so it’s pitch black except for your torch and u just accept ur not getting out of this :/
@coptertim3 жыл бұрын
To most young people, WW-II is little more than old black and white movies and the atomic bomb. When you see the Silversides you step back in time and imagine what her young crews went through. The few left with us today must wonder what went wrong that their grandchildren riot in the streets demanding the very things they fought so hard to defeat.
@romanhorak55033 жыл бұрын
Like what?
@RedPillRachel3 жыл бұрын
Like communism, and subjugation to blasphemy laws of one sort or another.
@coptertim3 жыл бұрын
@@romanhorak5503 The crew of Silversides and many thousands of Soldiers, Sailors Marines and Airman fought against socialism under Hitler, Fascism under Italy's Mussolini and Imperialist Japan. Now, because of a lack of education and the distortion of history, many young Americans and Europeans believe these systems of government are the way of the future. The reality is, there is not one example of a successful socialist, fascist or communist country in history. Not Germany, Italy, Russia, North Korea or Venezuela. It only leads to misery, starvation and death.
@DanTarrant13 жыл бұрын
@@coptertim It's a bit more complicated than that, almost all of the world's top economies are a hybrid of capitalist and socialist policies. And Nazi Germany wasn't really "socialist" just because they referred to their ideology as "National Socialism".
@jsmith16493 жыл бұрын
@@DanTarrant1 WTF. Why is it that in the comments of every video about military history or technology, the discussion always devolves people espousing their (often ill-informed) political views? Wouldn’t it be great if everyone just stuck to the topic?
@eddy2561 Жыл бұрын
Great video!! We took our Cub Scout troop (mid 1990's) for a night's stay on the USS Pampanito SS-38 in San Francisco....I was amazed what how sailors lived on these floating diesel powered machines!! The boat still had fresh fuel onboard so the sub smelled like diesel....I realized I would never have been a bubble head.
@Georgejoseph74 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for a quick very informative tour..great job
@Cheka__3 жыл бұрын
Coolest video I've seen on KZbin in a very long time
@robertdean19292 жыл бұрын
I did a road trip to there. Awesome place to visit. Museum next to the sub was awesome too.
@puppycreek013 жыл бұрын
Just read "The War Below" and the USS Silversides and a few other subs were the focus along with their various Captains. Good book.
@johnchan61912 жыл бұрын
Wow, that tour is awesome. Like that'll b the closest thing of being there w/o being actually there. Thx 4 sharing on Utube.
@xfirehurican2 жыл бұрын
In 197X, did a patrol out of Pearl Harbor to the Sea of Japan (DPRK) aboard the USS Tang. My rack was the port side top one in the forward torpedo room. Passageways were stacked two deep with cases and crates of various food types when we shoved off. Met up with a Royal Navy sub somewhere in the mid-Pacific. Hint: I was a CommO in the Marine Corps. Semper Fi!
@rogerharris39173 жыл бұрын
Ironically I just read my old book “Silversides” by Robert Trumbull. How fascinating to see the real thing. Took me back to when I was a kid never thought the damn thing still still existed much less in such condition.
@orig6redwings1242 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! I've passed by this submarine numerous times while boating and always wondered what it was like inside!! Thank you for the videos!
@Ghostrider-lm9en3 жыл бұрын
A while back I was in Scouts Canada. One year we drove to Michigan for the weekend and slept on the Silversides and the coast guard boat. Such a fun trip.
@slobnoxious3 жыл бұрын
Did the same when it was at Navy Pier in Chicago.
@neues36913 жыл бұрын
Compared to a Typ VII German submarine this is really spacious.
@ExUSSailor Жыл бұрын
Speaking as a former sailor, that coffee pot is the single most important piece of equipment on the ship!
@frizzlefry59046 ай бұрын
From the Draftsman's pencil to production an astonishing work of art !
@timisfree17683 ай бұрын
Awesome video tour!
@fu46163 жыл бұрын
Used to live on a Trident SSBN. 5-star hotel compared to those accommodations. Brings back memories. :)
@giostisskylas3 жыл бұрын
In relation to a German Type VII submarine, it is a real luxury hotel. The submarines of type IX, which had a similar operational profile as the boats of the Gato class, were less comfortable. The Gato class is a successful design with a lot of consideration for the crew.
@99somerville3 жыл бұрын
The big advantage of USN subs was the air conditioning which kept the boat somewhat comfortable. Not sure the Germans had that.
@hphp314163 жыл бұрын
@@99somerville Germans didn't even have refrigerator
@commandingjudgedredd18413 жыл бұрын
@@99somerville I heard that the German subs operating from Singapore were uncomfortable to be in, due to the hot climate.
@lm-usmc2 жыл бұрын
A beautiful preservation of this piece of history. I've toured another WW2 sub before, and love the smells you get from these boats. I spent 8 months on a US Navy LSD ship. I actually enjoyed it. Not sure about spending any time on a sub though.
@brodriguez7934 Жыл бұрын
This is Muskegon Michigan and you can still come tour it! There are a few events a year where you can sleep on it over night and day where they will fire up the diesels. Beuatiful SUB
@kauphaart02 жыл бұрын
The racks in the torpedo room are much more spacious than they were on the last diesel-electric boats the US Navy had, like the USS Bonefish, for example....
@JohnSmith-hp9ds3 жыл бұрын
I spent a night in this sub, wonderful experience and people. The Museum is great too, I would highly recommend it as a day trip to anyone visiting the west side of the state.
@isaacmartinez4423 жыл бұрын
Did you sleep in those green cots?
@isaacmartinez4423 жыл бұрын
Did you shower in there and use the restroom and all?!
@JohnSmith-hp9ds3 жыл бұрын
@@isaacmartinez442 Yeah I slept in the cots, I was in the Forward torpedo room on the starboard side. I wasn't allowed to use the facilities inside of the sub, which makes sense, no reason to have to clean a toilet or the associated plumbing if you don't have to. We were able to bring a radio and broadcast from the Silversides though, that was cool.
@isaacmartinez4423 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-hp9ds that sounds like a blast! Would like stay there a night!
@brendanschochet17842 жыл бұрын
I was in the front torpedo bay to my dad did not have a bed so he got a Matt and slept in the chained off torpedo area
@jeffmaggard36943 жыл бұрын
I’ve visited this sub, I was impressed at the condition it’s in compared to other museums/ vessels I’ve been to.
@davidvines64983 жыл бұрын
I’ve been on the USS Drum and the Sub in Charleston SC, 2 Aircraft Carries and a Battleship. My dad was a SeaBee, Pacific Theatre, WW2. He grew up in a small mining town, lived through the Depression and considered a Ship of any size to be a Luxury ,
@shelbyseelbach95683 жыл бұрын
Come to Galveston, Texas. Take a walk through the USS Cavala, another WW2 submarine. It is the only intact submarine in the world credited with sinking an aircraft carrier. Hell ya!
@leeengelsman63563 жыл бұрын
It takes an awful lot of hits and to sink an aircraft carrier.
@Rekaert3 жыл бұрын
There aren't enough movies set in the pacific theater during WW2. Nearly all Sub films are focused on the Atlantic. Even U-571 that dealt with American submariners moved the film to the Atlantic, and caused a bit of Stolen-Valour type situation by essentially rewriting historical events. I'll never to this day understand that choice. After Pearl Harbour, the Americans did amazing things with submarines in the Pacific against the Japanese. Guys like Morton and O'Kane on the Wahoo and Tang alone provided enough material for an entire series of films. Yet beyond Run Silent, Run Deep, we've seen precious few movies set in that time and place, and frankly, it baffles me.
@samiam6192 жыл бұрын
OTOH, we do have Das Boot…
@Rekaert2 жыл бұрын
@@samiam619 Still to this day arguably the best U-boat film/series available, but again set in the Atlantic and the Med to a certain degree. Still great though.
@bigdaddyt89992 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing and stunning seeing how technology has advanced over the years
@justadbeer3 жыл бұрын
Cool video. This brought back old memories. I remember when I was a kid in the 60's my dad took me on a sub (The USS Tambor) that was docked on the Detroit river near Belle Isle, behind the navel armory.
@rascal01753 жыл бұрын
I did that too. I used to get a kick out of crossing the Belle Isle bridge and looking down on that moored sub.