Battleship New Jersey dry dock Long Beach Ca. 1990 part 3

Everything has been sealed and paint. Now it's flood the dry dock and let the girl out.

[@metalpalace]

My dad served on the New Jersey during the Vietnam war. He was a Senior Chief in charge of 16 inch gun turret number two. He told us lots of great stories. This is a really cool video. I miss my dad.

[@ecleveland1]

My dad was in the Army in Vietnam. He told me a story about being on some hill in Vietnam and hearing a tremendous sound that passed directly overhead. Come to find out it was the New Jersey out in the gulf firing 16-inch shells that were passing about 50 feet over the top of the hill my father and his squad were on. He said they called in and reported the sound and were latter told it was the New Jersey. He said he would never forget that sound.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

These ships were incredible designed by sliderules and draftsmen. No CAD systems.

[@adstaton8461]

One of the first classes taught to apprentices at NewPort News Shipbuilding was on how to perform calculations with a slide rule. Those were the days.

[@ThePaulv12]

Really? Well it's amazing anything ever got built before computers. Steam turbines must've been given to us by the baby jesus because only he alone had the computational brain power as ordained by the lord, the holy ghost and all the angels and saints to work out the turbine blade angles. Hallelujah!

[@jkoeberlein1]

I can't imagine that, all the design i did was on CAD systems. Code directly to the CNC mills. Slide rules and paper. Amazing!

[@loganb7059]

@@ThePaulv12 Dude you don’t have to be a prick. Saying “it’s amazing that they did this without using modern Computer Aided Design” is not the same as saying the Pyramids were built by aliens.

[@nseals721]

I spent 5 yrs. 1985-1990 on the BIG J. In my 21 yrs.in the Navy the best duty station I ever had.😢😢😢

[@Rangerman69420]

She is a pure beauty I've visited her 2 times and plan to help her get the new deck that she desperately needs.

[@Bruce-1956]

One of the most beautiful warships ever built.

[@84jamesp]

Yup. Battle ship NC aka the showboat is gorgeous to

[@lovellrodriguez8567]

1 of three

[@cutthroat795]

Dry docking sure gives you a sense of the immense size of these beasts

[@jfpat1051]

I was honored to be aboard this ship in the late '80's. There is literally no experience quite like being on the high seas in a battleship. Bring her back if for nothing more that pure pride in American excellence.

[@The1saturn]

so true, our ships today are toys in my eyes

[@christopherpardell4418]

kevin mcshane toys with 50 times the lethality.

[@SPCLPONY]

I believe the USS New Jersey was the second model kit I ever put together after the USS Arizona. I don't remember the kit having a bulbous bow like in this video. But I did take a little more care in painting and detailing the New Jersey. It became my favorite battle ship model that I kept the longest. I was a kid in the 70's in Southwest Philadelphia. From my house at 63rd and Dicks Ave, I could see the tops of masts from the ships stationed at the Naval Base where my dad worked. He took my brother and I to go aboard the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier/museum when she was there. I miss those rare days when dad could bring us 'on base.'

[@SPCLPONY]

@freebeerfordworkers Ha! That is great! I Sometimes wish I still had a few models from my youth. I still have 3 airplane kits that I built in the early 80's. A Zero, JU87 Stuka dive bomber, and a F4U Corsair. Thanks for your story, it does bring back good memories of a great childhood!

[@dundonrl]

@@christopherpardell4418 The only warships that match the Iowas in lethality are our SSBN's. Nothing else comes close to the firepower they can (or could) deliver!

[@raygray7207]

I knew a fellow sailor who was assigned to duty on the New Jersey straight out of boot camp in early 1969. A few months later while stationed in Boston I ran into him aboard the U.S.S. Constitution. Imagine getting to serve on two of the most famous ships in the Navy in less than a year.

[@steveriddle313]

USS New Jersey one beautiful lady with a very loud voice

[@josephastier7421]

She sang her own version of "The Star Spangled Banner" very well.

[@04u2cY]

This was built during WW2 buy hard working dedicated men and women who couldn't serve in the military but contributed building these magnificent machines I can't begin to imagine how much labor was involved moving cutting bending all that steel.

[@robotbjorn4952]

Men

[@spongehead1354]

I was in dry dock on my ship the USS BADGER FF-1071 and there was a nuclear sub and a barge in it with us. The New Jersey takes up the whole dry dock! What a beautiful ship! GO NAVY!

[@torpedo58]

A good friend of mine from "A" school was on the Badger, and myself and another mutual friend got assigned to the Joseph Strauss DDG-16 in the mid-late seventies at Pearl. When were you on the Badger??

[@scottvolland2525]

I was on her then! Great memories!! She needs to come back to serve her country some more.

[@Rangerman69420]

She is in great shape and serving her state as a wonderful museum currently I am a firm believer she will gladly come back he she must.#Cantkeepajerseygirldown

[@MrOiram46]

16 in. railguns, those will cleave through a Taliban mountain from hundreds of miles away

[@vincentrogers1853]

All 4 of them should be put back in service again.

[@jarvisfamily3837]

They're fantastic as museum ships, but to keep them steaming just for looks? Won't happen. In the 80's they were still pretty close to what the Navy knew how to do well. M-type boilers instead of D-type - sure, but they could still find lots of former Navy guys to remind them how to run an M-type boiler. Now the only steam-powered vessels left in the inventory (if my understanding is correct) are the nukes. I don't even know if the Navy still has BT's (Boiler Techs). And they're crazy-assed expensive to operate, have huge manning requirements, and the one mission they're best suited for (shore bombardment) is not something that the Navy needs to do much. AND they're 40 years older than the last time they were recommissioned. Time is not a friend to vessels that sit with their hulls in salt water. No, we have seen the last of them, I fear. Beautiful ships, but as with many an aging beauty time has passed them by.

[@robertnorthrup1914]

I remember my days in Vietnam Nam in Nah Trang and she was off shore of Hon Trey Island providing naval support. At night you could see the muzzle flash light up the night sky and outlining the island. Then you could hear the shells rocketing overhead and see where they impacted inland. Quite a show and something I will remember for a long time.

[@richardwalker8229]

I was at Red Beach, near DaNang. Never saw muzzle flash, but sure remember the New Jersey’s addition to our night time melodies going to sleep.

[@metalpalace]

My dad served on the New Jersey during the Vietnam war. He was in Fire Control in charge of 16 inch gun turret number two.

[@peterdongara2639]

I worked with an air cavalry veteran who said they were outside a village in Vietnam and they were taking fire from the village they reported that info on the radio and got a reply back off a mile or so 2 rounds on the way from the New Jersey and there was no more Village.

[@josephkane825]

@@peterdongara2639 That story must have a lot more to it, or (more than Likely ) it is pure Bullshit! The NJ never hit a target the size of a village or hamlet in just two rounds, unless perhaps they were within direct line of sight.

[@peterdongara2639]

@@josephkane825 I can't believe a veteran making up a story about combat that's not true. Anyway you're probably right there's a lot more to the story but the basic fact was the story was telling how they were supported buy the New Jersey offshore.

[@mikearakelian6368]

I remember being under the trajectory of 16 shells,passing over my ship....never saw the battleship; but you could hear n feel those shells passing.... sometimes one could see'em if lighting was right....made my hair's stand on end!!! Loved it! I always wanted to be a GM on a battleship! Wound up being a coxwain on an amphibious ship... Iwo.

[@museumjunkie9317]

Thanks for your service

[@erincrone5544]

Should of been on board like I was when those big beats went off. My general quarters station was under turret #2

[@michaelpicozzi3910]

I see her when I drive down 95 sitting over in Jersey it is a site Beautiful

[@badvlad9861]

Winner of the bobble-headed photog with the jiggly jerkie never stop or focus award for 2011.

[@johnnydavis8351]

Perfect song 👍👍 always gives me goosebumps.... thanks for the video.... well done

[@dodgeman338]

I served proudly at long beach 1991-1994 aboard USS WABASH AOR-5 . Great memories

[@foxbodyblues6709]

Was also on Wabash 90-93. Saw both the Jersey and mighty mo be de-commed. Jersey was right by Pier E when decommissioned.

[@blusnuby2]

One BIG BAD BOY, built by a strong, tough, just & focused nation, tragically LONG GONE...

[@billbright1755]

. B.B. 62 U.S.S. New Jersey The teeth of the faithful bulldog “ appetite for destruction “ The true flag ship of the United States Navy. The big " J " she may be side lined, her mighty guns now fallen silent, but neath Old Glory on her bridge in the breeze rustles the flag of 19 battle stars " Live Free or Die " Like a gallant steed put to pasture, no more to brave the fray, but her valiant deeds are forever remembered in the annals of naval history. A credit to her nation she served so long and so well.

[@AmericanThunder]

And yet if the shit ever hits the fan and we go to a World War again we will see how fast all four battleships are put back into service..

[@erichn4291]

Bring her back. Nothing afloat can match her. Less carrier and more battleship. Still needed. Bless al who sailed her.

[@mikezilligen1814]

I like my tax dollars going here

[@seangreene64]

That’s one beautiful bow

[@yanni2112]

true but what did it take to dent it?

[@janvisser2223]

@@yanni2112 Not so much actually. It is a deep dent which can easily occur when plating hits an underwater object such as a bolt protruding from a fendering system. The mass of the moving ship does the rest.

[@americanpatriot3638]

@@yanni2112 the anchor...

[@daystatesniper01]

I have seen this Lady in the water but by God she looks even bigger out of it !!! and those props' look huge

[@paulgrimm7842]

Imagine . 16 in plates on the hull. Amazing

[@spongehead1354]

All these years and she's still in great condition!

[@michaelcuff5780]

Great ship! Always love the N.J. This love sick cowboy crap sucks. Has nothin to do with a warship.

[@arborist460]

then downTurn it

[@jcfireman2215]

Fuck off you Democrat...go back to mommas basement

[@michaelcuff5780]

@@jcfireman2215 no democrats here. Get a fuckin job! Hardon. Fuckin blue light special! Lol!

[@spongehead1354]

She's still in beautiful shape, looks new! You put a battleship like this on the edge of any country and it worries them big time, that's why they should still be in service! Look at what the Tirpitz did to England just by being around!

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

sponge head After the accident I doubt her guns will ever fire again.

[@eugenerob8492]

That accident all though tragic had a lot to do with untrained men and poorly maintained equipment.

[@trohlack5150]

Would love to hear the stories about the dings and dents

[@whidbeyhiker4364]

The New Jersey was built when cars, planes and other modes of transportation were in their adolecence, yet she was as fast on the day of her last full power run as she was on the day of her first. Her speed then would rival the officially released speeds of today's carriers and most other ships. Even today, there are few ships faster than this behemoth. The only reason they became obsolete was because of the advances other weapons delivery systems, aircraft and carriers because when it came down to it, that was her primary job, stand off and bomb the shit out of targets she couldn't even see.

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

Excellent video!!! A LOT of "old images" of LBNSY, many of those items there are no longer, although NEW JERSEY is a museum in Camden, NJ now...but the shipyard is no more, dry dock is buried, cranes removed, Even the Gerald Desmond Bridge in the background is now gone with a Newer Long Beach International Gateway Bridge (finish build in 2020). I see a LKA and a LHA, Probably USS MOBILE LKA-115, and USS TARAWA LHA-1, I don't think those ships are around anymore. Serve 'next door' in LBNS, in 84 onboard USS GRAY FF-1054...no longer exist, but do remember escorting MISSOURI & NEW JERSEY back and forth to Hawaii!!

[@timholmes4331]

In 1969 we were at the same pier in Long Beach we could look down those 16 in guns. ( LPH-5 )

[@johnmagill7714]

Anyone know when in 1990 this was ? I got a great photo, of my first ship the USS Belleau-Wood, Being bow to bow with the NJ in Pearl in 1990

[@RW4X4X3006]

When I cross the river, I'll be able to say I walked the decks of an active Battleship. U.S.S. New Jersey was awe-inspiring.

[@joekurtz8303]

Remember driving thru port and seeing this., and from ocean blvd, quite huge in drydock. Shipyard closed now and now a shipping container terminal.

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

Joe Kurtz I remember it as well. At one time those dry docks where the longest on the West Coast. They were over 1 thousand feet long. And were built by a company that my Dad and I would work for years later. The company's name is Connally-Pacific and they are still in business . They at the base of the Gerald S. Desmond bridge which is right across the channel from where the Navy Base used to be.

[@robertgeorge1521]

I was never on her but,I was stationed on the USS Ogden Lpd 5. The Big J an Mighty Mo where both in port when my ship was there. I do have a zippo lighter from both of them. This video is right before my ship went out for Westpac. Then we got detoured to go the Persian Gulf.

[@dodgeboy90501]

Nice, I was on the Oggie Dog the same time as you, got out in PI just before she deployed over to the Gulf. To bad the the Dog is now at the bottom of ocean.

[@robertkollasch2473]

so im looking at the props and rudders, they look different than the recent videos of the New Jersey in drydock.. 4 blade props, 4 of them? im confused. edit, looks like ill be doing some more research into the vessel.

[@straitjacket8689]

Was on her when I was in Beruit in 83-84.We saw her fire the 16 in guns .Hell we thought we were getting shelled She seriously relandscaped the Bekka Valley and the Shouf Mtns

[@oldfarmer4700]

The news interviewed one of the bad guys on the mountain the jersey was shelling. He said nothing bothered them even the 8 in army guns but when those 16 inchers started lobbing those big ass shells up there they shit their pants and headed somewhere else. They can say all they want about missiles, rockets and crap but old iron setting off the coast with 16 inchers pointing at you, your a idiot if you don't piss your pants.

[@DeanClarkHall]

These were the last days of the Long Beach Naval shipyard. What a giant shame. Her dry dock is , in fact, a "graving dock". Believe it was the last on the West Coast.

[@F-Man]

We’re gonna get to see more pictures like these before too long! Big J is headed for dry dock again!

[@johnmartlew5897]

At 3:27 .....What did she hit? Who did she hit? Does anybody care?

[@josephkane825]

Lots of Smoke and Foliage!

[@patriotic80]

Omg why won’t they put one of the Iowa’s back in service or make a new version and use the Iowa’s as a template. They are so badass and to the this day more heavily armored than any ship to date . To have them as a museum is sacrilegious.

[@OldStreetDoc]

The USS New Jersey is one grand old girl. As are all the Iowas. Perhaps her time has passed, I think that idea is debatable myself, but there is little else on Earth as staggering as watching those 16”/50 guns deal hate upon their targets. I surely wish we could keep at least one Iowa Class Strike Group underway off each coast. The projection of power is a very American policy. The CVNs are certainly powerful, but while being a different sort of power, the Iowas are no less so & in many roles they are every bit as intimidating to our enemies.

[@vanta_8lack591]

They could make a bbg 65 so that she could be in frontline service. Build her according to standard dreadnought with loads of armor and she will be able to take a beating. She could be posted at the the entrance of the black sea to deter ships from going through while not engaging in combat. The guns might be obsolete but they could use them with a cwis or the new equivalent while keeping secondary guns rapid loading. They could add vtol missiles in the stern while putting in a nuclear reactor.(they are small. What makes them big is the armor that surrounds it. On a BB that wouldn't be much of a difference.) Then they have a ship that missiles will struggle to sink. Most vital info would be in the citadel too.

[@franciscoleonardo151]

Why does he not hold the camera still. I have no idea why I am looking at watter at the bottom of the dry dock or no long shot to start with

[@GeneralHawk505]

If all else fails revert to our remaining beasts of protection.

[@elpaso--west7354]

HEY TRUDEAU HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE YOU RAN AWAY FROM--OR SWAM AWAY FROM!!!

[@caudleryan123]

Sadly, LBNSY is no more.

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

caudleryan123 Exactly. When I was a kid back in the 60's/70's. On many a sunday afternoon my family and I would go on the open house tours that they used to have.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Man that's a ton(literally) of cathodic protection.

[@dawor1761]

Went to see it in 2014. Bad shape, need volunteers to maintain it. I wish i could volunteer but i'm 3000 miles away and i don't have any desire to live in N.J. again.

[@cjc_0167]

And it's located in Camden. Probably the worst, dumb, dangerous, disgusting city in NJ. You have to drive through this hellhole to get to her. She deserves better.

[@dawor1761]

@@cjc_0167 yea, your right. And i don't think there are many people in that area who are passionate enough to volunteer to work on her. :(

[@Texassince1836]

She looks to be in great shape on the KZbin channel run by the curator. Deck replacement is ongoing right now.

[@Texassince1836]

@@cjc_0167 but being in fresh river water is the best environment for her

[@hondalimited7509]

Worked on the New Jersey when she was in the yards in Long Beach in 1980-81. Very impressive to go thru the different spaces onboard

[@chrisb9960]

2:18 What was the damage from?

[@NoNAME-to6xk]

Shout out to my Ira jr.Richmond worked in San Pedro on these ships as a pipe insaltor. Todd's ship yard ,we would go there on tour of the ships. R.I.P. Ira Junior Richmond the best parent my FATHER in HEAVEN could give me beside God Almightie himself. Love you

[@mdstras]

@battleshipnj

[@brohawktmrg5285]

I proudly served on her in long beach until we decommissioned...So proud to be a part of your life Ol 62

[@spongehead1354]

I was in that dry dock with my ship a barge and a nuclear submarine! We were all in it at the same time!

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

sponge head I really doubt that.

[@jarvisfamily3837]

I remember her in drydock in late 1981 or early 1982 at Long Beach when they were putting her back in service again. I was on a supply ship (USS Niagara Falls) that made a stop at the shipyard in Long Beach for some reason or another - all you could see was her superstructure over the edge of the dry dock. Never had a chance to go aboard or get close but she was impressive nonetheless.

[@raulduke6105]

Change the plugs and oil and she will be good to go the body shop can knock those dents out

[@michaelmitchell6629]

Hi my friend I loved my ship U know I was in one of hardest divisions First division deck dept I'm bm from first Lebanon war 1984-86 Couple of best yrs of my life living at long beach ca navy base in my ship I love long beach that why coming back for visit in july

[@HaddaClu]

In that first 30-40 second that is a lot of anodes.... I'm so used to seeing only 1 or 2 spaced out randomly on much smaller vessels.

[@Texassince1836]

Lots of anodes needed near the props, the rest of the ship has much further spaced anodes

[@timlipinski2571]

Think I heard the Big Guns of the New Jersey fire off in the distance a few decades ago ! tjl

[@sparkyadondavid]

I know I heard them, a lot, Plank owner 1967 to 1969, Viet Nam cruise 68-69.

[@michaelmitchell6629]

I was gonna live out there but lived in Alaska 3 yrs then .moved to Midwest state of mi Wish I did not now but that state great for camping an big big lakes Nature but that state govt people bunch idiots not all of them just those at bmv there them idiots took my rights to drive away for good. In 2014 So I got heck out there and moved for good to city of champions In buckeye state where I was born

[@Mr91495osh]

GlennFHoward USS HUNLEY AS31 67-73

[@stevehenrichs5091]

A quad screw prop system she’s got a lot of power

[@wb6wsn]

Uggh; you pan like you are spray painting.

[@benconway9010]

What are those metal strips around the props did it develop holes or something?

[@chrisparent4660]

They are galvanic anodes to protect the ship from corrosion.

[@stephaneracicot791]

holy jessus its massive those proppeler blades are bigger then most hydroelectric power house wheel wouldn't want to piss off that ship

[@skie6282]

Unbelievable to think that hull is one of the thickest of any ship ever. Hit below the water or above , its not gonna take much damage

[@mandelorean6243]

HEY! Stop gawking at my lady's bottom end like that!

[@neonknight69]

I served aboard the USS New Jersey during her last Westpac. When it was announced that she was being decommissioned I chose to cross the pier and serve on the USS Missouri during Desert Shield, Saber and Storm.

[@mysterj1]

That’s an awesome career. Not many these days can say they were a true battleship sailor.

[@erincrone5544]

I was there as well

[@williamhoward8319]

take her off boilers and install reactors put her back in commision we may need them

[@robotbjorn4952]

For what?

[@Texassince1836]

Generally you want to avoid putting reactors in surface combatant ships. Subs are sub-surface, and aircraft carriers are not the combatant, the planes are.

[@nestorsquinozio3002]

Es un gigante hermoso buque

[@mrtomdorn]

If you can't narrate this, then don't bother. Find something else to do.

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

No matter how you slice it, she's a magnificent ship.

[@poodlestrootle5984]

i used to work at southwest marine san diego, what was she in for? id guess phase maintenance but who knows

[@carsmasher]

The sad thing is that we couldn't build a ship like that today.

[@BILLYLAMB76]

why would you want to? they are like the dinosaurs. to slow to keep up with the carriers, too much oil consumption, too big of a crew, antique weaponry...they are creatures from the past..they served their purpose and are now at rest. glad we had them when we needed them!

[@LandersWorkshop]

Trust me, they'll come a time we need big BBs or at least Heavy Cruisers...

[@RW4X4X3006]

We can build them, even better. Well, almost better. Just take a Nimitz or Ford hull and fit it with all kinds of ass whoopin.

[@richardknight259]

oh yes we can. that tech is not lost

[@ozzymd1]

More appropriate music Bon Jovi or Bruce Springsteen !

[@ConfusedAdmiral]

*Modern Destroyer* _I prefer a real Warship_ *Modern Super Carrier* _I said the real Warship_ *Battleship* _Perfection_

[@albertcyphers1532]

Now she sits in the Delaware river. If they care for her the way they care for the rest of the state she'll be sunk in 10 years

[@RW4X4X3006]

I've heard she's going to shit, sitting there. Bastards.

[@Texassince1836]

New Jersey is well taken care of there, the fresh river water is the best place for her. She is going to be dry docked again before the decade is out

[@yanni2112]

I was on 3 ships and wanted to go to a BB but they were being phased out in 93 when I got out.

[@charlesbarkwell7693]

Charlie Barkwell Shop 11 : Journeymen Shipfitter Graduate Apprentice "Back to Back" Work mandated by Ex-President Ronald Reagan : USS New Jersey : 1980 - 1982 USS Missouri : 1982 - 1984 Worked from "Can't to Can't" , couldn't see when you got up , couldn't see when you got off. Naval Shipyard Long Beach 1977 - 1997 , until Democratic Policies Closed her for good September 1997.. U.S. Naval Aircraft Carrier : 1973 - 1976 ....Hi School Graduate 1972 Long Beach, CA. December 24, 2020

[@jessicawells5145]

We're they getting her ready to put back in reserve?

[@adstaton8461]

The battleship Wisconsin is on display in Norfolk, Virginia. Technically it is "on loan" to the city under a 99 year agreement. The Navy has the right to repossess and the city of Norfolk is obligated to maintain the hull integrity by servicing the zinc anodes.

[@Texassince1836]

The Navy routinely dry docked ships, but aftet the turret explosion on the Iowa the days of the Iowa class were numbered. She was placed in the mothballs soon after this video, and donated as a museum ship less than a decade later

[@Macintoshiba]

May I recommend the Battleship New Jersey KZbin Channel?

[@michaelcuff5780]

Oh crap! Gotta turn the sound down!

[@Macintoshiba]

Holy moly those screws are huge

[@linwizz2126]

Those outboard shafts look dangerous, wonder if they ever ate up a tugboat

[@dougwestphal7003]

100% Proud American Kick Ass

[@manises14]

The song for the video sucks!!

[@ivorybilled8983]

This ship would be great for blasting the Chinese off those man made islands of theirs.

[@RW4X4X3006]

Wouldn't she, tho!

[@josephastier7421]

Chinese (or Russian) anti ship missiles would reach her several hours before her guns could theoretically reach them. Forget it. It's the same way for the B-52 bomber, which modern Russian anti-air missiles have relegated to cruise missile dispensers that loiter at standoff distance.

[@RW4X4X3006]

That can be said for any ship. But not every ship is built fuckin Iowa class.

[@josephastier7421]

If you now want to talk about how cool she is, all would agree with you. But sending her to fight China would be like sending the greatest medieval knight to fight modern snipers.

[@RW4X4X3006]

The greatest medieval Knight's knew how to forge steel. So I kinda doubt that.

[@vincentcastor5978]

Very Cool footage of the belly of a WWII Battleship. The camera guy started getting me motion sickness.He was quickly zooming in, zooming out looking up and looking down and moving left and moving right all at the same time.

[@gordonleemusicjr2056]

Smooth streamlined

[@davidperry970]

I was getting out USN next slip over in Long Beach yard when they lit the boilers for the first time 5-5-83. GMM USS Halsey CG23.

[@johno9507]

Do you want a battleship with your sacrificial zinc blocks. They certainly don't want her rusting.

[@DrewEllenMoore]

;

[@irishalbino9308]

my father was medically discharged in 1962, and wrote to secy. of navy to get a waiver to serve on nj in 1968. he was turned down, and it broke his heart.

[@kenjackson5685]

Nice photography but the music adds NOTHING

[@papabits5721]

Young people don’t give a shit about some rusty old ship, I would have it in my back yard and would visit it all the time.

[@oceanmariner]

The drydock and shipyard no longer exist. Now that the navy needs more shipyard capabilities.

[@Tchristman100]

If the battleships are decommissioned, then why are the propellers still attached? I saw the Missouri in dry dock still with propellers.

[@contractor6178]

I took my daughter to visit the USS Massachusetts in Fall River Massachusetts. These battle ships are incredible. Gives you pride in the US.

[@Justthatguy420]

Want to see a modern anti ship missile hit the thickness and armor grade of this ship. The metal making ability, skill and manufacturing is gone but could be reproduced if needed. Anything can be achieved through determination

[@kitply1304]

Please don't let them die preserve them just like monumental and heritage sites.They're also part of rich historical heritage.

[@fredrickwilliams8803]

What a great old Battle Wagon. I would love to know the name of who sung the song accompanying this video. Thanks Willi Pete

[@mattg9880]

My grandfather served on her in WWII, he unfortunately passed away before I got to meet him. It was surreal getting to tour her in Camden NJ a couple years ago after we donated his uniform. Felt a deep family connection thats hard to explain.