Painting the Battleship's Hull

[@Carstuff111]

She is such a beautiful lady, and it is so awesome to see her getting refreshed.

[@justdeaf-ry6bn]

You guys are doing an amazing job on Battleship New Jersey. Preserving history is the most important part of our history during ww2 and cold war era.

[@JustSomeCanuck]

Time to use the battleship-sized rolls of masking tape!

[@pizzaivlife]

sadly my local hardware store only goes up to destroyer!

[@admiral5113]

Masking the deck is going to take forever

[@johnanon6938]

@@admiral5113 Deck masking will feel like forever but it'll look great when finished!

[@briancisco1176]

Lookin' good! 😄

[@clayramsey7140]

I visited the New Jersey on Sunday. Great weather and a great time. Thanks

[@Electronzap]

I've been enjoying the stories of the battles that ships, tanks, and soldiers went through since I was a kid in the 80s. My Grandpa was a WW2 NAVY vet that got me hooked on documentaries, although he didn't seem to have any exciting personal stories to share. I also enjoy learning about what it takes to use and maintain that equipment, so even videos devoted solely to paint challenges are great.

[@whatever8282828]

That is a fascinating point I wouldn't have thought of - tugboats scuffing the ship's paint job as she's moved around after drydock!

[@nickpopelka]

Way to keep her looking good team

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Just been using up some paint to save keeping it over the winter - Hate it when you open a can and there isn't enough to be useful , so the subject is an appropriate coincidence . With the conditions ships encounter in a blue water Navy it's a job that has to be done well with the right coating and pretty regularly so whilst she won't be going anywhere it's good to see New Jersey will look her best for the big occasion .

[@anthonycordovano2438]

Sail she may. Shine she must.

[@davidsauls9542]

Excellent ! You hit the major issues first ! This shows the viewer that this is going to be very interesting. Modern marketing types say to wait for the end for the important bits, but we click off by then. You look Happy !

[@dperreno]

I really need to visit this ship, especially now that she has been redecked and is being completely repainted! I love your videos and appreciate the history lessons you provide to all of us about this great ship. Thank you!

[@squangan]

I got a bit of a shock when you reminded us that the 250th anniversary of the USA is coming up. I guess the 1976 Bicenntenial celebrations which I remember well are coming up on 50 years ago alright.

[@Jaysqualityparts]

Another massive job, if I were the ship I would be very happy.

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

I will be next week. staying at the waterfront hilton and very very excited to finally put eyes on the Big J

[@420glass]

Keep up the good work.

[@davecaron1213]

July 4th, 1976, I was sitting in the transit barracks at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska waiting for a hop out my yearlong assignment on Shemya AFB out near the end of the Aleutian Island chain.

[@bobuncle8704]

She’s looking mighty fine

[@Odin029]

You guys are doing an excellent job. The ship already looks fantastic. Hopefully I can get up there before the 250th anniversary stuff because I'm sure it'll be a mad house in the Philly area.

[@Velothi777]

I'm going to be visiting very soon, can't wait!

[@tippo5341]

She will ALWAYS look good...she's and IOWA of course....and a little bit of a tart up won't ever hurt for the beautiful lady she is and will continue to be...and with the TLC she receives from the likes of yourself Ryan, and the entire USS New Jersey team, well, she will be better than good, she will be awesome, and forever be the best looking ship on the Delaware!!!! Cheers from Sydney Aus!!! 🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@michaelweston5421]

Alabama look good last week.

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

Exciting stuff 👍👍

[@henrycarlson7514]

So wise , Thank you

[@jimnite4919]

Tony Soprano would be proud, maybe. I don’t know for sure. But she is a great ship and is in great hands!!

[@mrkeiths48]

Was gonna break out the needle gun.

[@J3AD]

keep up great work

[@acidtreat101]

Well, going to the Philly area would certainly be cool. Perhaps I will!

[@the_lost_navigator]

Black Dragon!

[@Oldnoitall]

Thanks Good People!

[@stevepotthast4911]

Love your channel Ryan, great videos. Since you mentioned the anniversary of the US Navy, wanted to recommend to anyone interested in the history of the Navy a book I recently began reading...."Six Frigates" by Ian W. Toll. A fascinating, detailed and excellently written account of the very early years of our Navy. The very descriptive accounts of events, most notably the "Quasi-war" with France and the "Battle of Tripoli" (I'm only half way through the book) are outstanding reads. The author also includes a lot of material about the role the country's founding fathers played in getting the Navy "off the ground". I also read his trilogy of the Navy in the battle for the Pacific in WW2 and also highly recommend these three books.

[@AvengerII]

To the tune of "Painting the Roses Red..." We're painting the ship's hull grey, we're painting the ship's hull grey! Ryan would like to fire the 16-in guns, The Navy just won't let him---! We're painting the ship's hull grey! We're painting the ship's hull grey, we're painting the ship's hull grey! [repeat to infinity, insert nonsensical things the government WON'T let them do with The Ship!]

[@JustSomeCanuck]

The "don't fire the 16" guns" bit is because more than a few people in the Greater Philadelphia area would be slightly cheesed off at their broken windows...hardly nonsensical.

[@davidvavra9113]

I do like rhe color

[@aserta]

Hope everyone stays hydrated.

[@buzzingbusby]

Just wish we had kept one of our battle ships! Over here in the 🇬🇧 😒

[@samthemultimediaman]

soo how are you painting the side of the ship that's not facing the pier? do you guys have a barge with a man lift or are you just using a bosun's chair??

[@michaelsommers2356]

The ship is moored starboard side to; this video was shot from the side not facing the pier, from a paint barge.

[@samthemultimediaman]

@@michaelsommers2356 ahhh that makes since with the surface that everything sitting on looking like rusted metal and not the nice cement of the pier lol

[@nancpatterson5178]

Nice video. Celebrate!

[@christophersayers598]

They get some navy vets and put them over the side. Keeps them busy for a few hours for a few months

[@donj4198]

Killjoy (risk management) question incoming: what's the environmental plan for the paint that comes off when you're pressure washing?

[@General_Confusion]

I think a nice Magnolia would look good, with maybe some go faster flames down the sides.

[@arnieweisbrot9959]

I will be there for the 250th of the USN and USMC.

[@nicjansen230]

(Video idea) How do you keep such a massive ship from banging the pier it's moored at? I have a small sailing vessel and we use fenders or buoys as we call them here. Sometimes we also tie onto wooden poles in the water to pull it out about a foot... Do such things translate to a big ship? Would fenders just pop or can/are they used in this case?

[@bigsarge2085]

⚓️

[@gowdsake7103]

Make sure you do it properly in the pouring rain and onto bare rust !

[@jkajewski]

I think it's about time the New Jersey got some cooler paint, like a Measure 32 or Measure 12 scheme

[@JMHTruck32005]

We're painting the hull...paint paint the hull...We're painting the hull...paint paint the hull... Sorry I can't get that jingle out of my head...

[@TWX1138]

just don't mix the red lead and the white lead and apply it with the expectation to getting back for the topcoat quickly, only to be interrupted and having to leave in that primer for quite awhile.

[@sibhuskyguy]

What do you do for the fresh clean lines of paint? frog tape hopefully as well as masking paper?

[@carltontweedle5724]

Back in the day painted by brush so are you going to test spray or brush. Just to see which is better.

[@kolt4d559]

It would be rad to get the guns to rotate; maybe fire off a broadside, Philly doesn't need windows

[@wtmayhew]

57,000 square feet! And I was thinking painting my house which is 3,200 square feet of wall is a big job…

[@x1heavy]

Im in hospice to travelling is not a option really. Or wanted anyway its three days give or take by train to Philly via Chicago and Sandpatch-Harpers Ferry etc. Flying is out. Ive seen her and others plenty of times in Philly back in trucking time it will have to be enough for the memories. In addition with the high level leadership visiting Philly is going to be locked down pretty good which would be ironic in this age post 911. So even if we wanted to go there theres not much to do in the feeling free part. I hate to be difficult but follow the videos here. Thats close enough for me.

[@complexgrafix]

When you pressure wash where does the paint chips go? I'm assuming not in the water? Do you use a tarp?

[@stevea9604]

You need to find a bunch of newbie unrates and put them to work 😮😂🤓

[@danielmkubacki]

That is alot of paint.

[@joeythedime1838]

Hi Sherwin-Williams can you send over 500 gallons of battleship gray paint?

[@bebo4374]

So you’re blasting all that paint directly into the Delaware river? All that toxic paint?

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

Shows them painting with the kind of small roller I use to paint doors. Are the painters getting paid by the hour?

[@bobroberts2371]

Time 310 " What'd you do to deserve that ? "

[@F-Man]

Any use for two-part cold-bonded polysulfide sealant?

[@dooge6690]

What prevents the pressure washed chalk/paint from polluting the water?

[@robertcook9712]

How much does all the paint weigh on the battleship?

[@andrewlehtola3881]

What do you do to protect the insides of all the different gun barrels?

[@paulpeterson5214]

----- How many gallons of haze gray are you going to use? Do you get a military discount on the point?

[@bluerebel01]

❤ 🇺🇲

[@alex_ob1]

What environmental regulations do you have to follow when stripping back paint over the river?

[@Jolclark]

If New Jersey has the Holland tunnel what do the other Iowas call them

[@UncleJunior52]

Why is the ship hull dented ?

[@F-Man]

She’s over 80 years old, she’s done millions of miles in all kinds of sea states, she’s been subjected to 80 years of humidity and temperature changes, she’s been fired on, bumped piers, bumped by smaller vessels, and flexed and hogged in the waves. What you’re seeing is called “oil canning,” for the most part - the shell plating expands and contracts over the structural frames underneath over time, leaving that undulating surface.

[@kennethloki7011]

Even brand new ships look dented. Large pieces of steel + distance between any support and it caves in a little. If you see a concave area on a section where the steel has more form/shape to it, then that is from contact. Shaped steel resists forming ripples/waves/ or other oddities better.

[@garywagner2466]

Near-sighted woodpeckers.

[@bmwr9tracer668]

Will the poopdeck be repainted?

[@LakeCoffee]

How are you handling environmental concerns regarding pressure washed paint and other materials ending up in the river? I didn't see any kind of capture system below where you are pressure washing and painting?

[@bf9142ftw]

I second this question

[@marcusettling9016]

As a European this was basically the first question that came to my mind when I watched the video.

[@BarnCatAlley]

How much for a gallon of "Battleship Gray" ? I would like to contribute for a gallon.

[@DK-gy7ll]

Have you guys re-attached the foremast yet?

[@christianvalentin5344]

A post of Facebook said they’re planning to do that in October.

[@garywayne6083]

The ship will be closed October 1st thru 3rd for that

[@earlheil9954]

Where is the deck grease

[@dannyhonn973]

How many gallons of paint?

[@kennethloki7011]

At least 4 I'd say. Maybe more.

[@JustSomeCanuck]

Yes.

[@WilliamMurphy-tj7il]

2 5 gallon buckets and 4 buckets of thinner

[@American_Jeeper]

It's a shame that you guys don't have enough room to accommodate SS United States, until the conservancy gets its act together to at least get her painted....it would be pretty cool to have two legends docked side-by-side, especially for the 250th anniversary, but she's probably going to end up a reef, unless a miracle occurs.

[@tylerniles1280]

It’d be great if funding came through for NJ’s conservancy to adopt the ship altogether. At least her non profit seems to be working well.

[@cjc_0167]

SS United States conservancy has had how long to get its act together? How could things possibly change now?

[@American_Jeeper]

@@cjc_0167 I completely agree with you, it was just a pipe dream thought I put to words. I could play the shoulda woulda coulda game all day long, but at the end of the day her demise was sealed, when her interior appointments and machinery were removed and sold. Added to that, previous managers of the vessel were neglectful in their duties as her caretakers. Too little, too late, she's going to either be a reef, or the scumbags who own the pier where she's at will take control of her legally and scrap her. Either way, it's a shit ending for an historically invaluable ship.

[@randyogburn2498]

What? No clear coat on top?

[@markwilliams2620]

Measure 21?

[@TheDogGeneral]

Outstanding job Ryan Battleship New Jersey remains and carefully articulated hands I would however specify I think it was a mistake not to repaint the ship as she appeared during her World War II career none of the Iowa's resemble their second World War era appearance and while you could never fully restore the anti-aircraft battery and other elements lost over the years. USS New Jersey's nickname the black dragon could have been facilitated by simply repainting the hall in this rare opportunity to bolster her Museum attendance of the four Iowa's whichever one does it first is going to get the most visitation and Ryan I think it was a lost opportunity while certainly for preservation sake you want to keep the ship as she appeared in 1990 1991 but the whole needed to be repainted anyway and I see it as a lost opportunity to Edge the ships Aesthetics to bolster Museum attendance.

[@davidpitchford6510]

What the hull????!!!!

[@keithmoore5306]

a roller? wouldn't a HVLP sprayer be faster and easier???

[@Ryan26161]

How is the water side of the ship going to be painted?

[@AvengerII]

😅 That's what they did in the drydock!

[@JustSomeCanuck]

If you mean the side away from the pier, in this video Ryan is standing on the barge that they are using to paint that side.

[@Ryan26161]

@@AvengerII think twice before trying to make fun of someone😂

[@AvengerII]

@@Ryan26161 Ryan... don't attract attention to the dork you are in the future! See how this works?

[@merlinwizard1000]

1st, 17 September 2024

[@tomhenry897]

Not useing sprayers

[@airman6822]

Ah, painting... the easiest job I hate to do, LOL

[@demike3483]

Okay, no BS. Lets say you have 30 expert divers and 60 prior service, who know how the power plant was set up for mothball.... They go all out cutting away through hull blanks and and unbolting/reattaching all pipes and cables. Worst, "We don't have time" emergency spin up..... How fast could we make steam and head out to fight?.... (Barring free states, Like Texas, Montana, Arizona and the like, making ammo and over nighting it Amazon style....ignore that for the question)

[@BattleSyth]

Takes a while for a women to get dressed.