Battleship New Jersey Dry Dock Tour - 4K Video

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

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[@BAKER22-l4u]

Why? GET A J0B

[@zolocharlie3050]

How much money can buy this big toy?

[@beedalton9675]

The wisconsin is the biggest u.s. battleship now by a foot... she has the bow of the uss kentucky

[@mm3mm3]

I just did 😊😊😊😊😊

[@mcguire4162]

Are any of the guns on the ship still active? I've been to the USS Alabama, it's not bad for something that old and small. In it's day, they were definitely fearsome weapons.

[@ricardof9394]

I was stationed on this ship from 1985-1989 as the left gun captain turret one. This is my baby!

[@brandonchrupcala7380]

Toured this ship when it was Camden with my brothers and grandfather who has passed since. He was a former Vietnam vet and you could see the joy it brought him being able to give his grandkids a tour of something that is so important to him and his legacy. So great to see it again in your videos Joey thank you for the video!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Thank you for sharing that story! I loved hearing how happy he was. This is so much more than a ship

[@johnbrinsfield932]

Well if you wanna see more videos about this infamous battleship. Just got to their KZbin channel "battleship new Jersey", the curator Ryan gives interesting facts & details about this ship & the stations.

[@JackT_Music_on_Vinyl]

Great video of something I've never seen before and never would have! Thanks Joey!

[@robertgutheridge9672]

My great uncle served on new Jersey in WW2 and was part of her first decommissioning. I'm sure he would be happy to see that as he always put it his ship is still well cared for.

[@Adam.NavyVet]

She is absolutely beautiful. The Iowa Class Battle Ship has amazing lines. Her hull shape is a thing of beauty and we no longer have the ability to source the steel sheets, loft, manufacture, shape and hull of this thickness. They had to manufacture the jigs that were used to put those curves and radius bends in steel up to 11 1/2 “ thick plate steel for Iowa/Jersey and 14 1/2” inches thick for Wisconsin/Missouri armor belts. Imaging what it took to roll and complex shape steel plates of this thickness. They used FHA Steel (Face Hardened Armor grade steel. Also referred to as Cement Steel. It was expensive to mill and roll. Lofting and then taking the flat raw plate steel sheet and shaping all the correct contours and bends was a skill long lost. But seeing her with her shirt down is just incredible. Thank you for your video work and tour of her underbody. I was part of the Reactivation Team when she was in Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 81/82. What an amazing Ship she is. Looks brand new now.

[@topturretgunner]

Adam. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Many do not know or understand the complexities of designing much less building the Iowa class BB’s. Then try to explain just how much of the initial design process was accomplished with a thing called a slide rule. Don’t even try to explain the function of the old analog fire control computers for the main batteries. Amazing stuff. Fair winds and following seas brother. Vietnam era Aviation Ordinanceman here.

[@NjJfjr]

My 6.5 yr old son Nathan Wood & Myself Delivered Ceremony Flowers onboard this masterpiece 7 yrs ago for Memory Florist & Monuments Camden/ Woodlynne NJ I'll try to find the pictures / repost . Same pictures were posted on my Facebook page 7 yrs ago before they took down my FB Page & Permanently Suspended my account. NFG 👎🏼 😤 🤬 Making America Great Again ❤️🇺🇸 💥 BADA BING BADA BOOM 💥 I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE 🙌🏼 Nj'sJfJr 👍🏼💪🏼❤️🇺🇸

[@jonathandoe8398]

The belt armors on the Iowas are all the same thicknesses. It's the armored bulkheads at the ends of the armoured box that have heavier plates in the two later ships.

[@Anne6621]

the average person has a hard time with aluminum foil !!

[@CekalaStudios]

I went to the dry dock tour a couple weeks ago. was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I am so glad I spent the money and went. Videos DO NOT do it justice at all. Great video

[@randallhoover2410]

What does it cost to do the tour

[@h8GW]

@@randallhoover2410 $225. I love stuff like this....but not $225 love it. Which is why I'm currently addicted to youtube.

[@soopaman2]

Big J gets a lot of love from people who appreciate the sheer size and killing power this ship has.

[@garbo8962]

Joey " Ambassador to the Wildwoods " great to see you over 75 miles from home. You & the New Jersey curator ( Ryan S ) are my favorite u tube producers. Glad to hear they have most of the $10 million needed for this overdue dry docking work. Have been on the Olympia twice where is across the river from the New Jerseys Camden berth location. Can remember when they towed the ship from the west coast thru the Panama Canal back in 1999. No country will ever build a big ship that is run off steam supplied by high pressure boilers. Last big ship that ran off boilers was built back in the 1950's. Ryan mentioned that somebody messed up years ago when they painted a lot of the anode steel mounting studs with paint that insulated the anode from the ships steel plates.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Thank you for saying that and yes Ryan is the best!!! I had the honor to interview him back in March.

[@stevelinwood8362]

I can't imagine how a Aircraft Carrier would look drydock. The true size! Enjoyed this video 🎉

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

there is one just two docks over (kennedy) but she will be headed to the scrap yard soon

[@martingruffalump5484]

what a great tour - i like the smiley face some dude has sprayed on the block under the aft of the centre keel!!!🥰😁😊 looks soooo good with the red bottom and black boot-top!!! this brave ship deserves all this attention!!!

[@seventhson27]

A guy I used to work for told me he was in the Navy off Vietnam. In the same fleet as the New Jersey, but on a different ship. He said he had the opportunity, several times, to watch the New Jersey fire her guns. In his words, "Absolutely amazing."

[@danielmkubacki]

Thank you Joey for doing this video. The dry dock tickets are not cheep.

[@JohnThomas-lq5qp]

I'm a retired Nam vet who has enough money to purchase several tour tickets but with bad knees , bad back could never climb down all of them steps. Hopefully this most decorated battleship will still be around for the next couple hundred years.

[@daleburrell6273]

​@@JohnThomas-lq5qp...that's being overly optimistic...

[@pamelasmith514]

Had a wonderful tour of this ship when it was in Camden.

[@larryw5429]

I wish these ships could be put in drydocks for life of their musume carrier to preserve them top to bottom! They are giants of the industrial age!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

That would be amazing, but unfortunately ships can’t really stay in this position or it will cause significant damage to her structure.

[@topturretgunner]

I understand your sentiments and yes it most certainly would indeed simplify maintenance but that to me would be like caging a wild Eagle never to fly again. The same as the USAF totally restoring the famous WWII B-17 Memphis Belle and she will never fly again. But again I totally understand the reasoning behind it.

[@richardprice5978]

id feel safer/better with them patrolling as taxes originally paying for, usa 🇺🇸 has tactical holes that needs fixing Russian's/nato shows this again/resonantly in 2023~

[@LostAnFound]

They're going to WAR

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

​@@richardprice5978ah yes what better way to shore up NATO defence gaps than an ancient, antiquated, obsolete, astronomically expense man power hungry museum piece. Brilliant idea

[@FanOfFab4]

I appreciate your dedication to this ship!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

thank you. I think this is our 5th in the series of videos we have done so far. We have at least 2 more coming. (360 tour and her trip back to Camden)

[@battleshipnewjerseysailor4738]

FYI they are ANODES, not ANOIDS

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

correct my friend. For 4 months now ive been saying them wrong and can't knock it out of my head haha

[@bd5860]

Can you explain what they do? Thanks!

[@battleshipnewjerseysailor4738]

@@bd5860 due to electrolysis, that is two dissimilar metals in contact with water, the softer metal tends to corrode, so attaching Zinc or Aluminum anodes will be sacrificed instead of the hull

[@bindig1]

When I worked in the industry, we called them zincs

[@Sweetteawillie]

@@bindig1 Zinc anodes are used in the petroleum industry. Acidic soil will erode unprotected steel pipes that carry fuel from underground tanks to above ground dispensing. Steel tanks have them if they are underground.

[@Bluebark64FIS]

Every time I went out...I would blast down to Philly to see her. My 26' Nova looked like a dingy sitting next to her a midships. And right across the river sits the John F. Kennedy flat top! Just had to put my hand on that hull. One thing that struck me about the Kennedy, is how small is.

[@DennisMcMichael-t6w]

Joe. Watching this video from inside the ship while on lunch break. Great job. Love all your wildwood videos and ship videos. Keep up the great work.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

hahaha. That is awesome! I'm happy you liked this!! The guides gave me a bunch of great info to make this video even better

[@DennisMcMichael-t6w]

I asked curatorial to let me know when you come back. Hopefully Tues or Wednesdays when I am there. Would like to meet you😊.

[@J.E.W.S1967]

Good morning my name is John from South of Jersey the good part of the state lol I want to thank you for your video of the USS New Jersey X Navy believe it or not. I’ve never gone down to the battleship to view it for several factors. I’m disabled and it’s hard for me to get around sometimes, but also I don’t make a lot of money so watching the video of it was awesome. I just wanted to say thank you again. I hit the subscribed button along with the like button for you. Can’t wait until some more videos but I wanted to say thank you man for the video. It meant a lot to me to watch it. I can’t wait until it comes back to Camdenthis time I will go down so I can support my fellow personnel that volunteer to do tours so thank you. Have a great day and stay safe John .

[@robertturner4426]

Thanks!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Thank you so much Robert! I appreciate it!!

[@airtony21]

Joey, this could be one of your best videos ever. Thank you so much for the tour very very impressive. You’re the man.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Thank you so much for saying that! I am trying hard to film new interesting things! This was a fun one!

[@JohnThomas-lq5qp]

Side note: three Wildwood towns should pay him for all the great u tube vidios he makes.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

CONGRATS ON 90.9K and thanks for the excellent tour of this amazing Ship..... Old F-4 II Shoe🇺🇸

[@tippo5341]

Thank you good sir for this video, as an avid follower of the Battleship New Jersey channel and Ryan's awesome coverage of the whole process throughout, as well as all the channels video's to date, this was a very much welcome addition. Can't agree more thoroughly with you, with how good she's looking after all the works to date, and how good she will look once all is said and done....and wow....the new deck is stunning, bringing her back to a state of beauty only the IOWA's possessed. As a plastic scale modeller of predominantly ships, the information and footage is priceless for the details around various parts of the ship, that we just cannot access anywhere else...so for that alone, thank you greatly. I would kill to be be able to attend one of the dry dock tours...but as I'm in Australia, tis a tad on the difficult side...so I'm very thankful for this video and am certainly looking forward to the mentioned 360 deg video, should be awesome (not to mention all the great videos from the Battleship New Jersey channel itself). Have sub'd, and will have a look at all your channel offerings, and look forward to further work of yours, great footage, very informative content and extremely well delivered, a true credit good sir. Cheers from Sydney Aus!!!!!

[@shanedavis3414]

I have a weird kind of fear of ships. Growing up boating in the CnD Canal and Elk River, you have no choice but to encounter a large tanker or cargo ship in the Channel. Ship propellers and rudders give me the creeps, but are always interesting to see. Awesome footage !!

[@billdaddario8800]

Great video Joey. I watch all of the dry docking videos of the New Jersey. All are very interesting & informative. Thanks.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Thank you so much! The battleship New Jersey's KZbin channel is amazing to watch!

[@kuehnel16]

Amazing how those blocks can hold up all that weight

[@OMG_No_Way]

At 4:06 Look at the size of that propeller shaft compared to a normal size man. It’s absolutely incredible what man can make. And to do it before computers, using a pencil, slide ruler and drafting table. Truly awesome..

[@Blaines-smallengine-repair]

Should still be done that way so shit can’t be hacked and stolen… kind of like how china stole classified docs for the f22-35

[@plymouthnnf]

10:15 would of been nice if you mentioned "Cathodic Protection" 11:35 those blank plates, those hooks, you attach chain blocks to lower / raise those blanks with lifting ops, not rope... plates probably weight in about 2-300kg so good luck hold that in place. 12:47 if distorted is mainly due to rough weather and are frequently reshaped or replaced.

[@markwoods4574]

I wonder if any of the IOWA Class Battleships will ever be Reactivated they’ve been well looked after ever since they were taken off line and I’m sure apart from an upgrade of weaponry and new crew accommodation and engineering overhaul they’d be good to go but as far as I know there engines have been well maintained while in retirement. Beautiful Ships I wish we had some like them in them in the Royal Navy, Greetings to our American Cousins 👍👋

[@kef103]

The Adenoid (gland ) and anode (metal) mix up is adorable.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Haha thank you.

[@NicManGun]

Great video! awesome to see this, thanks for sharing for people to see that wanna go to dry dock but can't, really appreciate it!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

No problem! Happy I could take you with me! I do have a 360 video tour coming out of this ship soon

[@jlivewell]

A beautiful video! Thank you for sharing and keep up the quality content…. Cheers!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

I am so glad you enjoyed it!! (I have another big video on this coming soon)

[@antiqueperfection]

Awesome video man. Appreciate the tour and will be looking forward to the 360 as I'm unable to make it out that way for the in person tour. Just one note.. I'm usually never one to point out errors, they happen, and I ignored the 1st one, then the 2nd, but just had to mention it by the 3rd+... They are "anodes" not 'anoids" lol Minor thing I know 🙂

[@dianebuckler1649]

Great video Joey! Thanks for sharing

[@joelstanhope7231]

An old master gunnery sargent who served on the Ohio class , told my about going thru the Panama canal , they hung mattresses over the side of the ship to keep it from scraping the sides . Joseph Stubbs was his name , claimed served on several that class , even showed me what was like a year book having all the pictures of the crew. It was from the Wisconsin I think

[@timothywaterworth8649]

I was in the Navy and viewed it in drydock in Long Beach Ca. It was HUGE.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

I bet it was beautiful back then (when they polished her propellers)

[@utube321piotr]

Remarkable video footage, great work and effort to bring us there.

[@sundance2005]

So what the "blanks" for? You explained how they attach and remove them, which I think a lot of us could figure out but nothing about what they are for or what that picture (it looked like a picture) in the center. Was hopping to see more of the inside.

[@Za7a7aZ]

What I would like to know is how they managed to lower the ship this precise on these blocks of concrete. What are these anodes for...how does it work?

[@stoneycreeksailor6495]

I can appreciate this guys enthusiasm for this. But he has never worked in a heavy industrial setting. His explanations are a bit inaccurate. But I really enjoyed the video. Thank you

[@jackdawson3983]

@ 1:13 So, if you need metal on metal for those aluminum things to work, how is it that the part of the ship that they are connected to is painted?

[@carlcolvin8320]

I wonder if it will be mission ready

[@Serps-ii9zc]

Nope

[@phil20_20]

There's only 1 foor on each side going through the Panama Canal. These are two fwet over the Panamax regulations. Fun stuff 🧐

[@daleburrell6273]

...yes, I understand that there was a size restriction on U.S. ships to be able to transit the Panama Canal...

[@stanthurman9008]

Thank you ! Awesome Battle Ship !

[@turbobird2000]

Just a nerdy correction as a huge BB62 fan…. It is the most decorated US battle ship….😮. Also huge fan of your Wildwood videos, been a huge Wildwood fan since ….. the early 1960s. I am about to retire there from north NJ. I am 3rd generation of Wildwood lovers in my family, my kids are 4th generation.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

You are 100% correct. I just wanted to phrase it differently because I’ve said it that way multiple times in my past five videos on the ship. Haha I bet you have some awesome stories of your family gatherings in the Wildwoods. That’s the beauty of Wildwoods. Beautiful generational memories.

[@zoobtilbury3194]

Thats an excellent video Sir thanks for sharing.

[@Schlachtkreutzer]

Thank you very very much for the video WOW what a gigantic battleship I am very impressed what an incredible masterpiece and when I see the propeller with the damage and I look at the tip of your helmet, come on YOU must have walked under there and oops sorry 😂😂😂🤔🤔😎😎😜😜 what a huge ship, I love big guns and the battleship is one of my favorites simply gigantic, what a very very good job by the many workers and thank you for your lots of information I am very impressed.

[@dcs244832]

Toured this ship during NORPAC 1987 stop in Seattle Washington

[@lightningbolt1977]

Such a cool video Joey!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Thank you!

[@transmaster]

what do they use inplace of the red, and gray lead paint I used of paint on USN ships back in the early 1970;'s.

[@patricksottek5913]

Seems like there is a bigger reason for this being preserved liked this. Perhaps to keep it in condition for reactivation.

[@danielleeming1027]

No, museum ships still need work done on them to stop them from wasting away

[@dave.lawrence.3894]

Beautiful ship 🚢...

[@randallfawc7501]

It's awesome to get these views of the New Jersey, but, this big beautiful ship should be sailing with our Navy as the ambassador of the fleet. Ready to fight! Just think what this ship could do to Houthi missle and drone instalations in southern Yemen! A heck of a lot cheaper that multi million $$$ missles! All that is, of course, IMHO Thanks for the great tour!

[@danielleeming1027]

A heck of a lot cheaper? um no, it would cost several billion just to reactivate it ...

[@eddiegoodman9267]

Beautiful

[@ПетърИванов-ю9й]

Greetings, very interesting!🎉

[@mm3mm3]

Cool video 😊😊😊😊😊

[@leroycharles9751]

Was it cheaper/easier just to leave the propellers on it instead of removing them when they first made it a museum or were they hedging their bets on maybe putting it back in service? I know the Pompanito and Texas had them removed.

[@Serps-ii9zc]

When the Navy mothballed it they were left on for potential reactivation. It hasn't been dry docked since then, so they're still there. All 4 Iowas still have their props. They aren't being removed because there's really no reason to. There's a good video on the Battleship New Jersey KZbin channel about it.

[@leroycharles9751]

@@Serps-ii9zc Thanks. I'm glad they left them on.

[@kevinkern4661]

Great video Good job Joey 👍🏼👍🏼

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@PaulCyclist]

Excellent video and content

[@johndearmin8687]

Been there, done that. 1977 USS Midway, Japan.

[@joedoakes8307]

how thick is the steel plate on the hull ? WHY do one set of propellers have 5 blades and the other 4 blades ? is the steel plate below the water line the same thicknesses throughout ? how thick is the steel plate ABOVE the water line ?

[@captaingordon]

Would the operation of the ship have equal power to all 4 shafts, or would economy procedures call for more power to the inboard or outboard engines? It looks like less wear to have the inboards operate harder as they have more structural support than the outboard shafts.

[@eccentricsmithy2746]

we cant see anything when your face is taking up 80% of the screen dude.

[@starvedbaby2510]

😂😂

[@rcpsammy7186]

Which is why I can't stand his videos.

[@FerociousPancake888]

Then go see it yourself……

[@JohnGrisaffe-wd7rc]

welcome home big girl!!!!!!

[@captaingordon]

Any chance to see any water inlets for the boilers or other services of the ship… where they’re located and how big were they?

[@ytlas3]

Doesn't look like anyone is going to film them. I'm curious myself. When I worked under the New Jersey in '87, I remember the inlets to the main condensers being at least 4' in diameter, maybe even more. They were the only places I could stand up and stretch after walking hunched over between the keel blocks. I'm curious how they blanked them over.

[@captaingordon]

I heard the curator say in one of the videos the ship had to be traveling faster than 8 kts, otherwise a separate set of pumps had to be activated to pull up water.

[@ytlas3]

@@captaingordon I've been down in the engine room on the Jersey when they were steaming in port and when they were on sea trials. The main circulation pump was always on when I was there.

[@gorgonbazil2652]

Would love to see the hardhats in the "ships store" I WOULD BUY ONE!

[@Serps-ii9zc]

If you go for a tour you get to keep it.

[@ArticleFive]

12:23 Sea-chest covers added as part of preservation. Not part of her operational life.

[@allenpedrick6502]

Excellent video!!!!

[@brucecampbell7582]

INSANE COLLAB

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

haha thank you! I have another big one coming soon!!

[@psychozen7169]

My son (12) wants to know since she has no power plant does that mean she has no engine? If she has no engine and she returned to service where would they get an engine/power supply?

[@426superbee4]

It would hurt a bit to have 3 or 4 battles ships. They lay out some nice ground cover for our troops

[@alejandrohinestrosa2895]

Excelent report. Congratulations.

[@markdoldon8852]

The ANODES are zinc, not aluminum. If they were aluminum the steels hull would become the sacrificial metal, rotting away in months

[@Serps-ii9zc]

Anodes can be different material depending on the type of water the ship is in. The ones they removed were zinc, because when the Navy mothballed it it was in salt water in Bremerton. The new Anodes ARE aluminum, because the river water in Camden is mostly fresh, brackish water.

[@christhirion9474]

​@@Serps-ii9zc Correct can also be magnesium all depends on the marine environment

[@markblain8438]

Battleships are still relevant. When you can park one offshore. The enemy is more likely to quit or do you want some more. We will oblige you.

[@stoneycreeksailor6495]

I believe that the anodes are zinc, not aluminum

[@Serps-ii9zc]

Old ones were zinc, new ones are aluminum. Aluminum works better in the fresh/brackish water she lives in in Camden.

[@marcusmlinsky]

verry great piktures👍 from Germany

[@johndyson4109]

I'd like to take her out fishing on Lake Champlain!!

[@justinday2916]

It’s going back into service…🥇

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

That would be so cool to see but no

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

That would be so cool to see but no

[@louisbabycos106]

Nuclear propulsion,lasers ,rail guns NAVALIZED ATACMS . We can dream can't we ?

[@dacco2]

I may have misheard, but they are anodes and not made of aluminium but Zinc. Correct term is “sacrificial anode”.

[@Serps-ii9zc]

The old anodes were zinc, the new ones are aluminum because aluminum works better in the fresh/brackish water she lives in in Camden.

[@JohnThomas-lq5qp]

Retired from a high rise building with a clear view of the planes arriving at busy Philly airport. While sitting in one of the corner break rooms noticed that every 3 to 4 minutes a large passenget jet would be traveling from the North to land st the airport. Planes from the South are not allowed to fly over crowded Philly so they have to make long u turn and desending over New Jersey. So it would be dangerous & possibly not legal to fly a drone close to plane glide slope approach.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

It is illegal to fly a drone within the confines of the navy yard. The FAA will not honor any waiver for this area unless it’s indoor flight. Also keep in mind that it is a working shipyard and houses a mothball fleet That also makes it a no flying zone

[@stevenpresement2739]

Amazing!

[@hottubking1229]

Nice looking anoids, am I right?

[@rickeys]

The space between the keels is called "The Holland Tunnel". Truth.

[@Generic_Tech_Support]

Slaps the rudder of a Battleship like it's an everyday thing! Lol 😅

[@MrEricmopar]

If I was a worker there, I couldn't help myself, I'd be so tempted to put a "kilroy was here" somewhere on the bottom, like between the skags. 🤣

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Hahahahahah

[@thurin84]

awesome! great video!

[@nigelterry9299]

Fabulous. Thanks!!

[@gorgonbazil2652]

The Anodes are actually Zinc... Nice vid..

[@Serps-ii9zc]

The old anodes they removed were Zinc, the new ones are Aluminum. They'll work better in the slightly brackish water the she sits in at her berth in Camden.

[@h8GW]

Man, I love stuff like this. But not $225 love it.

[@tomfilipiak7103]

How do they paint the surface area where the ship is sitting on the blocks?

[@danielleeming1027]

refloat then move her forward 4ft

[@cocodog85]

if the engine is moth balled and the props are locked in place. then why not keep the ship in a permanent dry dock? a new dry dock maybe cheaper than constant maintenance.

[@johnbonwell8735]

When will they install the rail guns?

[@danielleeming1027]

?

[@kevinflaherty3936]

Does anyone know what the name of the ship is up in front of the New Jersey... ??? Looks like a very large navy cargo ship

[@Thor_Asgard_]

Now imagine others trying to throw a car at this thing with 800m/s. Just crazy

[@ArticleFive]

Zinc Anodes vice Aluminum Annoids

[@neailbabson4494]

She should be refitted for guided cruse missels. She still one of the fastest ships.

[@Serps-ii9zc]

It would be faster and cheaper to build a new guided missile ship than to refit one of these. Not to mention it takes a crew the size of what's on a small carrier to run one, and there isn't anyone in the active Navy today that would even know how to run it's machinery.

[@Truonguyenreview]

Good

[@aaimginggraphics2411]

is new jersey the ONLY active Iowa class battleship that is floating??

[@danielleeming1027]

None of the Iowa class are active. They’re all museum ships(all floating)

[@flyurway]

Nice job on the video, but how about some info while you're showing us everything? Instead of saying we have huge propellors, tell us HOW huge they are, what are the diameters? So you have these beveled, rectangular "blanks" on the underside ... what are they? Why do they have beveled rectangular chunks of metal welded all over the underside? They must serve some purpose.

[@williamsmith7914]

OMG it isn't an anoid it is an anode !!!!!!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

I know right. Sorry my dyslexic butt learned it wrong months ago and can’t unlearn it lol

[@robertjosephgiarrusso5018]

How’d you not pass out form all those bottom paint vapors

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

It was very ventilated