The Heart of the Battleship: A Walk Down Broadway

In this episode we're taking a walking tour of third deck and broadway, the passageway that connect the engineering spaces.
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[@painless9682]

out of all the stuff on the walls, randomly notices 2 levers out of place. The man knows his ship. Love it.

[@gjs9871]

But what do those levers do

[@SundayPancakeBreakfast]

@@gjs9871 Launches the missiles in Nebraska 😆

[@wolfhalupka8992]

yeah noticed that too. cool! Ryan sure knows what he is doing!

[@AtomicHombek]

I would be SO paranoid about that. Even doing night watch on an AHTS it was stressful, and we were definitely NOT open to the public!

[@jaredwilliams5466]

Glad I'm not the only one who was amused by that. Ryan: " . . . just a spare part if you need it down in the engine room." 'Wait, that's not right.' 'Much better. Ok, moving on.' (as if nothing happened) "We've got more air conditioning equipment back here . . . ." Me: "Whaaat? Wait, what just happened?" "Did he really just do that?" "Wow. That's . . . incredible." On the way past them again one minuet later, he checked them again, just to make sure nobody happened to mess with them.

[@F-Man]

By far the one space on New Jersey that makes you realize “yeah, I’m on a battleship” - apart from the 16 inch turrets, of course 😂

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Never ceases to amaze me how complex an Iowa class battleship is, and how such an astonishing machine was designed in the days before computers. The manpower needed to draw up the plans for this ship must have been absolutely enormous

[@reubenmorris487]

Back when we engineered more THINGS and less financial spreadsheets.

[@ThePaulv12]

@@reubenmorris487 Yes Reuben, in Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT) a modern US aircraft carrier must now displace *more* than its own weight in spreadsheets. Previously then there must've been less than than a battleship's DWT in spreadsheets.

[@fko1]

Agreed

[@thomasmoore8142]

You must mean "Electronic Computers" since this battleship has several mechanical computers in each fire computer.

[@F-Man]

These ships are resplendent examples of what the minds and hands of men can craft if so determined. I fear that we’ve all but lost that spirit today.

[@fredlodden1538]

Nice of you to mention the ham station that operates from the battleship's radio room. From Australia, I visited the battleship on a Saturday in October 2022 and made prior arrangements to meet the hams on-board. A great bunch of people. After the tour I got to operate using the club's callsign NJ2BB, made numerous contacts and even had a contact with the museum ship USS Drum, who also have an associated radio station. I had a great visit. It was this channel that got me interested in visiting the ship.

[@F-Man]

As a New Jersey local, I’m so happy that you got to visit my state and my state’s namesake battleship. I hope we made a reasonably good enough impression 😂 Regards down under 🇦🇺

[@M81_WOODLAND]

I really want to get my HAM license. I mean, I've wanted it before, but I had no idea museum ships here in the US did anything like this. Very cool.

[@fortmax8370]

I like that "Frostbite Zone" stencil.

[@alexh3153]

Looking at these spaces I always end up thinking about what it would have looked like on ships like Bismarck, PoW or Yamato while they were under attack and getting destroyed. Hard to picture the scene of such a big ship that seems almost indestructible, brave men.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

seems like roughly from accounts a battleship tends to hold together until something catastrophic happens then its up to the training and crew whether the ship effectively ceases to function or not

[@alexanderbalian8057]

The thing to remember is, YOU GET WHAT YOU INSPECT , NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT .

[@m.streicher8286]

The air conditioner is not where I'd wanna see an asbestos warning 😂

[@goover78]

I am not sure how realistic this would be but google street view of this ship would be fantastic! Thanks for the tour!

[@shorey66]

There are actually a couple of spots on street view you can look around. There is a good portion of the main deck on the pier side you can 'walk' up and down. And some random areas within the ship as well. Go take a look it's awesome. It would be amazing if they could get someone from Google or anyone with the right equipment to walk the entire ship. No better way to preserve it imo. And would be great for those of us stuck thousands of miles away but obsessed with the ship nonetheless

[@stijnvandamme76]

@@shorey66 drone fly through with 360 camera could work

[@MrRandomcommentguy]

The size and complexity of this ship is mind boggling.

[@danielayers]

Whenever Ryan talks about Broadway and the overhead beam I am reminded of that documentary that he once referred to ... "Under Siege". :)

[@skovner]

I had already noted the name "Broadway" in other reading, and noted its use in Under Seige; a great movie. This was long before youtube.

[@JeepWranglerIslander]

How does the overhead rail move out of the way to allow the hatches to be secured?

[@joelredd2978]

@@JeepWranglerIslander Part of the rail is removed to allow the door to close to set condition Zebra.

[@sparkplug1018]

2 things I'd like to see in future tour videos. A walking tour deck by deck seems like it would be pretty cool, see all the various areas that aren't on the tour. I'd also be interested in seeing tours of unrestored, versus restored spaces. Like the restored turret and engine/fire room versus the unrestored ones. I would imagine there isn't much difference honestly, but would be interesting to see just how good of a condition she was put away in.

[@wills2140]

Good suggestion! I would add the features Ryan has called "gold plated". The things Iowa class ships got because they had the time and funding to include, compared to proceeding battleships.

[@ThePaulv12]

Have you seen the tour of the unrestored turret on Texas? Far out it is a most oppressive operating environment only surpassed by one of the triple expansion steam engine rooms on Texas. Words escape me except to say it is the stuff of nightmares. I'm a mechanic by trade and I love this sort of thing but not on Texas - an Iowa yes but a Dreadnought era capital ship forget it. It's on KZbin. The channel is Tom Scott, The Older One: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnScmGyNoKmGY5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqTSd6mdbL-me9U

[@thejerseyj5479]

I'm amazed at the fine condition of this magnificent ship. A credit to the designers, builders and sailors who kept her in fighting shape for 50 years. And now a credit to you Ryan and your staff and volunteers.

[@KenFarris]

Love to see a video of the "life of a Marine" on the ship and the spaces they use.

[@gaylen8467]

Ryan, this is one of your best tours yet. thanks

[@Zereniti77]

Really shows what a complex piece of machinery a battleship is!

[@bobrussell1957]

Interesting that the main passageway is called Broadway. In RN and RCN ships it's generally known as Burma Road. Excellent video tour and info. 👍

[@thomaskosko1]

The ship looks absolutely awesome, great work guys

[@johnnyfair]

training with that oba on was a sweaty mess!

[@walthampton6700]

Absolutely born to be a curator. A joy to watch. Thank you, we love the content

[@JohnMason8183]

Excellent tour. You've kept the ship in outstanding condition!

[@loosegoose41]

Using bubbles to measure liquid quantity is one of the more unique things I’ve heard in one of these videos. Great tour.

[@gmgaming2]

A space I would love to see a tour of, maybe with the people that maintain/restored it, is the telephone spaces. Telephone equipment from that time period that still works is pretty cool to me and I’d love to learn more!

[@clinthowe7629]

Ryan is really knowledgeable of his ship, impressive, i wish all museum ships had curators as devoted and motivated as him. Bravo sir!

[@FP194]

So I guess the safest place on the ship is right behind Ryan

[@seafodder6129]

18:35 I've not been on New Jersey, but I'd wager that AMR stands for Auxiliary Machinery Room vice After Machinery Room. If they used standard nomenclature, AMR 1 would be the forward Aux Mach Room and AMR 2 would be the aft Aux Mach Room. I could be wrong as the ships I served on were 20-30 years newer than New Jersey but I'd put my confidence level at medium-high...

[@henrycarlson7514]

So Wise , Thank You .

[@Vinemaple]

This was the #1 video tour I wanted to see! It's also quite impressive what counts as "unrestored" on USS _New Jersey_ ...

[@spudhut2246]

I find the PCB testing to be great for the general public, but I find it humorous since there is more dangers in the everyday places we go, especially the food we eat. Thank you for a great tour of the broadway passageway!

[@richcruse2689]

Great as usual Ryan. One small correction, we could actually cross-connect main and aux steam forward and aft, along with everything else. Fully cross-connectable all systems in engineering.

[@wolfhalupka8992]

extremely interesting walk- makes you realize how complex the battleship is. sure one of the most complex machines ever devised....

[@mikemorr100]

I'm amazed that a group of people designed ALL OF THIS. There is so much! Lines and tanks and levers and gauges and wires and liquids and ammo and people and all of it. To design all of that, it's amazing something this large and complex could even be built and it's not even the most complex ship out there.

[@geckoproductions4128]

I enjoyed the tour. Thanks for heads-up about radio day N5RXP

[@tylersmall6024]

Great video! I love how Ryan saw two levers not in place!

[@jaredwilliams5466]

On the way back past, he checked them again, just in case.

[@jamesleyda365]

It is amazing what we human could do before the computer age. The awesome mechanics of this beast of a machine is extraordinary..... God, what our grandparents built and operated. I gotta say I am proud and in awe of them

[@18robsmith]

Thanks for the walk along Broadway - it has helped me connect some of the areas of the ship that have always appeared disconnected in my mind.

[@armorguy1108]

I, for one, would love to spend a week on board New Jersey with Ryan learning all these special connections, passageways, and spaces. The information he shares about New Jersey is amazing and I would love to watch him geek out in person. #SimilarNerd #MuseumShipsRock

[@adambowman8543]

I just got to have this walk down Broadway on Wisconsin about a month ago. Very interesting, they had just opened it late last year. I would love to see the original CIC aboard New Jersey, the guys on Wisconsin said it's unlikely they'll ever open 4th deck to the public.

[@Greensiteofhell]

why not?

[@adambowman8543]

@@Greensiteofhell money mostly, plus the difficulty in finding the pieces needed to restore the area

[@Greensiteofhell]

@@adambowman8543 Ah, I missed "original" - thought it was something secret. I would love to see it no matter what! ;)

[@alanbare8319]

I'm hoping to be able to visit Battleship New Jesey sometime during the first week of August!

[@Jason607]

The New Jersey is almost 80 years old and been out of service for 30 years and yet it looks better than a lot of new ships. It looks like it's ready to deploy tomorrow.

[@b25364]

Great tour. Many thanks for your hard work in keeping this ship

[@scowell]

Love this... it has what I feel has been missing, which is more of a view of the internals of the ship, as a whole. Can't wait to visit! I'm ham radio too (KI5YG) so I'll be listening for y'all in June... I've worked museum ships before.

[@MayaPosch]

A virtual reality tour where you can virtually walk through all the spaces would be totally awesome.

[@Tomyironmane]

I can hear the bandwidth screaming now. I think the New Jersey is partly funded by people actually visiting, at least partially, so they would need to effectively digitize their entire ship AND find a way to make it pay for itself, as well as the potential hit to "real world visitors..." but it's a course of presentation that I really hope they're considering. It can be done, though, and can be a good supplement to the physical tour. The USAF museum does something SOMEWHAT similar with many of their aircraft. They can't let people just sit in Bockscar, but they can let you pan around a full 360 degree view from a camera in the pilot's seat.

[@MayaPosch]

@@Tomyironmane I'd imagine they could have a few rooms as free samplers, and paid options for the full experience. Could also offer a simple 360 degrees VR walkthrough video for those who want the basic tour experience, and use this to fund the full 3D experience. Lots of options and ideas there, and you're right that funding it will be the tricky part. Even so, digitising the ship and its contents could be amazing. Who wouldn't want to have a full Iowa-class battleship in their game? :)

[@spacemax8896]

I wish he would at least queue up a video for Saturday's too. Some of us suffer serious withdrawals on weekends and especially when Monday is a holiday.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Ok, survey time, should we announce the next video as soon as the last one comes out? I heard this annoys people.

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

@@BattleshipNewJersey Please do announce as soon as one video comes out.

[@Masada1911]

@@BattleshipNewJersey I’d rather you do it way closer to the release of the video than that. Having the announcement lingering for days would be annoying

[@richhoule3462]

@@BattleshipNewJersey Do it! Firepower for Freedom

[@rickskinner9497]

No. That's like giving someone a wrapped gift but telling them what it is before they open it. I prefer a surprise.

[@lcee6592]

I'll definitely have more respect when I play the game Battleship! What an amazing machine!!!

[@matthewpatrickcrow]

Thanks!

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Thank you for your support!

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

It looks quite wide , but certainly wouldn't be when the ship was crewed . The paint and finish is a real credit to you and your volunteers hard work . Strange about the radio room being re-elected equipped when other shops weren't but again credit for getting it looking right and working . One question , are there any multiple cable glands in main bulkheads? There may be above the individual glands ( you call stuffing tubes) as those main runs make a lot of penetrations necessary .

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Ah , the wonders of technology . I meant to say De - equipped the term I am familiar with to describe the radio room .

[@richcruse2689]

There were/are cable raceways. These had many larger cables ran thru them with a clamping system on both side to maintain water tight integrity. Most of the wiring was thru individual stuffing tubes though.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Many thanks for the info. Ships built in the 50s and since have most original cabling through multiple glands .

[@mikeh4800]

Very nice.

[@larrydavis3645]

We had no broadway on the destroyers I served on. You had to travel on the main deck or on the "01" level.

[@seafodder6129]

That sucks. Must've been pretty old DDs. The DE/FF I was on had full length of the ship travel on 2nd deck.

[@bjornparkercaldersparr2058]

Thank you for this tour! These kinds of videos is great for us that can not visit. I live in Sweden and will probably never be able to.

[@billpotmesil]

Wow! That is a bearing!

[@jburdick1969]

As a telecom technician I would love to see the telecom room!!!

[@antontsau]

fuel gauges - not "measure time to get bubble out" but measure pressure needed to bubble out air from probe pipe. The higher the level of fuel - the bigger pressure required. So you pump air into probe pipe until pressure stabilises means air started to bubble from it and pressure at this moment shows depth, distance between probe end and liquid fuel surface.

[@HaddaClu]

Im really enjoying these tour videos you've started putting out. This is a great format.

[@danielarmistead4785]

Darn good tour again!

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

Many times I walked Broadway on the USS Iowa while on magazine security watch.

[@mariusfrost640]

All of them please. I'd love to see more of the big picture stuff, where we get to see where one area is relative to another.

[@jamesgascoyne.7494]

He's good. You have to say it. If I was over there I'd be volunteering. Beautiful war machine of the finest calibre.

[@atomvirginia5706]

Awesome

[@barrysheridan9186]

The detail design of these ships is remarkable. Good video.

[@haljames624]

Thank you

[@888jackflash]

I was fascinated when you got to the radio room, as perhaps my radioman / Dad worked in there (1945-46). I also wonder if Dad slept in those berths back then with no AC.. and maybe limited ventilation? His time on the NJ was probably the highlight of his life, and he always relished it.

[@johnparker221]

One of the most interesting tours I have seen. Do you ever look at the ships diagram and go. Have I ever been there. Then video your walk an adventure to get there. You can describe where you pass and who would work or sleep there.

[@Blackcloud_Garage]

Great video. Feels like a virtual guided tour. 👍👍

[@albee6216]

Very interesting! I especially liked seeing the Marine's berthing area. Perhaps you could do a segment on what the Marine's did on board and what their assignments are during GQ. More videos on the berthing areas would be cool too.

[@JoshuaTootell]

I think they did one or more

[@NoName-zn1sb]

Marines did

[@abrunosON]

Chalk rations evaporate with the marines.

[@SomeRandomHuman717]

The rail is sectioned so that several feet on each side of the door are removeable. There are brackets on the bulkhead nearby to stow that section when it is removed. In her museum deployment configuration, many of the sections have been tack welded into place. Possibly as a safety precaution ?

[@squangan]

I would find it eerie being on a ship like that all alone and would get the heebie-jeebies.

[@markcantemail8018]

Thank you for the Video . A mazing place .

[@skydiverclassc2031]

Nice pun!

[@stephenedmonds5322]

Brilliant! Thankyou..

[@pigpenpete]

I was just looking for this video (or at least this topic) last night and here it is today, thanks! :)

[@jimcarl4316]

I just got back from a tour on the Iowa. I was disappointed that broadway was not on the tour. Compared to New Jersey it’s kind of a tourist trap. Looks like I will have to drive 3,000 miles to see you! Your tours and especially videos are way ahead!

[@ricksadler797]

Awesome. Keep up the awesome work

[@NotSure416]

I'd like to see a walking tour of the exterior hull of the ship.

[@kentfrohock402]

Amazing as always

[@AlexKasper]

During the walk down Broadway, I was expecting Steven Seagal to start shooting the baddies anytime!

[@zxggwrt]

I’ve visited the North Carolina in Wilmington but it is a much older ship. I’d love to come see y’all and see a more modern ship!!

[@thomasmoore8142]

Great stuff, thanks for the video!

[@72polara]

Excellent video. Almost like being there.

[@fairwinds610]

11:00 Wide variety of radio equipment! I noticed Hammarlund SP-600 (R-274B), AN/FRR-59, AN/URT-23, AN/URT-24, R-1051D, Collins R-390A, and several WW2 transmitters and receivers. Also, URA-17 TTY converters.

[@Greensiteofhell]

This is amazing - please walk the entire ship! ;)

[@ZGryphon]

The mention of Radio Weekend makes me wonder whether the battleship has a QSL collection.

[@redcat9436]

Great tour!

[@cristophermorrison7574]

Really like these walking tours. Keep up the great vids!!

[@stickinthemud23]

Would like to see the anchor chain room - space just inside of the anchor drop holes. The foc'sle was cool room on the Inchon but I dunno if a battleship has a room like that separate from the foc'sle or not. Also, general crew berthing and of course the galley, mess decks, and sculleries. You know, where all future "good sailors" have to hang for awhile.

[@stickinthemud23]

I keep watching these in hopes to see the MOST IMPORANT SPACE on the ship - THE SHIP'S OFFICE! 🤣 But haven't come across that space just yet....

[@spades1080]

How often do you hit your head? A great blooper reel would be a series of head bumps. 😂

[@JoshuaTootell]

Not often. It hurts like absolute hell and you learn quickly how to safely manage your head. Habits that have carried with me for life.

[@Jpdt19]

Very cool ryan. Thanks

[@davidncw4613]

Super cool!! TY!

[@music65617]

loved this

[@jerrycornelius]

Really excellent videos. A question. Ryan points out a hatch that can be used to bring in/take out equipment etc. How were large components brought on to the ship and what routes did they follow to their final destination? If there isn't a video on this already (I may well have missed it!) perhaps this could be a topic for a future video.

[@johno9507]

16:40 Curators Quotes: "What used to be the telephone switch room...which it still is." 😂

[@harrykilman5634]

Perhaps this has been commented on before but it would be nice to have a simplified ships diagram of where the tour is moving as you cut across and move down side passages. You are making some great videos and the ship looks great. Thanks

[@levey44]

fresh cut is looking slick Ryan

[@afatpenguin6999]

Cringy "I was" story incoming. I was an IC on CVN 74. I worked in both forward and aft "IC" I always assumed the name stood for Interior the same as the Rate. I'm still pretty sure it was Forward Interior Communication and Aft Interior Communication Room from what I recall on the ships prints. I'm not sure which is right and I honestly don't think it matters to much since what you said had a similar meaning, but now its going to keep me up tonight. loved th tour Ryan, from IC2 Ryan

[@jamesfetterhoff9651]

Ryan, I was an Army telephone operator doing my job from the back of a HMMWV and I am curious how a Navy / Battleship phone room / switchboard looks. could you please do a video on it at some point?

[@Galactipod]

I'd also love to see the internal communications room.

[@JeepWranglerIslander]

I wonder how now with networks and fibre optics if it could be mostly replaced, or at least shrunk significantly.

[@wills2140]

Battleship New Jersey ,thank you for this great "tour" video! I know Ryan is busy and has these videos planned out, but... I ask to include features Ryan has called "gold platted" on the Iowa class. These features could be filmed during the making of videos like this and released as a series of "shorts" then a complete episode. I am very interested in the special features and equipment that made up the "gold plated" things added to the ship.

[@oneukum]

A separate magazine for white phosphorous raises a question. Were US battleships ever formally capable of using chemical weapons in shore bombardment?

[@Budley]

I wouldn't think so. The 5" WP rounds were used for illumination. Super-bright light floating over target areas.

[@radarmike6713]

As a former Radar, radio, Tele tech. I'd love to see your switchboard room you mentioned in this video. As it won't ever be accessible to the public or myself in Northern Canada.

[@darylsmioth1904]

That ship still looks brand new. Probably built to last longer than any new ship.

[@masonmcgrew9790]

it'd be nice to see a ww2 movie filmed on this ship the ship gets a bunch of funding and the movie would be very authentic

[@adambarber100]

Can you make a video where every station is manned, and you walk through the same area? I would love to get a sense of the scale of number of people required to operate the ship at total war.

[@lenger1234]

Mannequins!!

[@robertf3479]

@@lenger1234 They did a video just a few days ago that discusses mannequins and why they've been mostly removed from display and stored away.

[@lenger1234]

@Robert F and that video is why I'm going to suggest creeping out Ryan with mannequins frequently. :)

[@allenshepard7992]

Would like to see you June 3rd while HAMS operate the radio equipment.