Charleston to Norfolk

[@BigDuke-md8ec]

Hey Tim , I’m relatively new to the channel so I’m going through some of your older videos. I served in the US Navy stationed aboard a Destroyer out of Norfolk back in the early 90’s. One of my fondest memories is when returning from a deployment after we passed the bay bridge tunnel , the tug would come alongside. They would always be blasting the song “ The Boys are back in town” by Thin Lizzy ! It was a great feeling and memory provided by your fellow tug crews 👍

[@TimBatSea]

That's great! Thank you for your service and for watching. CUOTO

[@842qwery]

I find your videos not only entertaining but educational as well. Please keep them coming. Thank you.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@rbu500]

I enjoy your videos. They are very informative and a window into a life I would otherwise not know. Thank you Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching Richard. CUOTO

[@mikelinzy5969]

I was stationed in Norfolk back in the 90's, and we used to refer to those buoys as "Three Sisters", and It was always a happy sight to see them from my sea and anchor station on the starboard side of the bridge. Chart 12256 was always a welcome sight as well. A reasonable night's sleep was just around the corner.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and for your service Mike!

[@ThatSB]

The Three Sisters, a feature and house off the coast of Westeros in A Song of Ice and Fire

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Hopefully helpful tidbits: the carriers you'd see by pier 2 at NOB Norfolk are fleet carriers, that pick up their birds while underway, from NAS Oceana VA outbound and launch them out at sea when inbound, to land at Oceana. The smaller carriers are Amphibian Forces (think Marines) vessels of a few different types, with birds like helos & Harriers. Mostly based at Little Creek. Generally much slower than the fleet carriers, 20 kt vice 30+. Definitely give each room.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Jacques! Great information!!

[@rickymherbert2899]

"Time and tide wait for no man" got quoted to my late father (also a Master Mariner) by a policeman who had just stopped him for speeding and my father was trying to proffer catching the tide as his excuse. Another great video Tim, keep safe and sane over there.

[@TimBatSea]

Hahaha. Thank you for watching Ricky.

[@supertruckerextraordinaire]

I read that as “TIM and tide wait for no man” hahahah

[@railroad9000]

Degaussing is used to minimize the magnetic signature of vessels. The wood hull minesweeper I was stationed on had to be periodically degaussed. Magnetic mines can be set off by the magnetic field your own ship generates. Coils of wire ran through out the ship and were adjusted with current passing through them to minimize the magnetic signature.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Bill and thank you for your service!

[@jshrawder49]

Wow. very interesting thanks for sharing now down the rabbit hole to learn about it.

[@Scioneer]

Awesome video tugging along in my old stomping grounds. The camera was pointed towards the Portsmouth side of the Elisabeth River. That really tall apartment complex is a block from where I used to get most of my videos and pics of ships and tugs coming in and out of the area. I even shot one of the last pictures of the ill-fated HMS Bounty from there when she was taking part in OpSail 2012, just months before she floundered in Hurricane Sandy.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Very cool. I'm glad you liked the video.

[@CaptRD]

One of the cool things you did with this video was the detailed chart briefing at the beginning of the video. I found it interesting to try and follow the route you showed against the actual video. I used to think tug captains usually operated in the same general area, but you cover a very wide area. Your content is really good, thanks for your efforts!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it! I have been (in a tug) to Port Arthur Texas, to Sears Port Maine, to San Juan Puerto Rico. And I am hungry for more!

[@davewestner]

@@TimBatSea I was also surprised at the distance you cover. I really thought tugs were incredible local.

[@johnnyangel9163]

@@TimBatSea Whats that piece on the bow called?It's looks like a upside down U.

[@TimBatSea]

@@johnnyangel9163 I believe you are seeing the bridal retrieving gantry. When not towing but rather pushing, the towing bridal that permanently attached to the barge must be raised up so it won't make contact with the bottom and possibly get cought. CUOTO

[@randyclyde4939]

I really like seeing the nav charts at the start of one of your voyages... It helps me with perspective. Thanks for another interesting video!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you again Randy! I really apprciate it! CUOTO

[@spencergreenhill7728]

As always your videos are superb. You have a knack of explaining things in a way even non sailors can understand. You do good

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Spencer!

[@triprobinson2808]

Looks like a new bunker barge delivery. Not even fully rigged out yet. Done that trip many times. Good times Captain.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching the Trip. CUOTO

[@jshrawder49]

Nice video! I have never seen a barge with a bow thruster either. I like the way you show on the map where your going. Keep up the great videos!!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Justin!

[@jjosephm7539]

The NYC sludge barges like the Lemon Creek had bow thrusters. They had a control position forward where the mate could stand and operate. They also had a radio control unit on the tug to dump the "product" once you were on the dump site 106 NM out.

[@jshrawder49]

@@jjosephm7539 Thanks I didn't know that either!

[@henryolrogge8241]

J josephm a radio remote controller for the thruster that is cool idea.

[@TimBatSea]

@@henryolrogge8241 ours are actually Bluetooth I'm told.

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

It is beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Safe travels.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Katherine. #CUOTO

[@tckiser]

I don’t live in Charleston but was born there. My dad was a mechanic for the Caterpillar dealer (Jeff Hunt) and worked on Cat engines in some of the boats and tugs. I fish that area some, especially up on the Wando River. Really enjoyed this video!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you. I really appreciate that. CUOTO

[@NITSUD89]

Rebuilding your dolphins at your Norfolk location staring at the Oyster Creek, that tug rips our oil booms to shreds every time it comes back and docks... Starting to be a nuisance lol. Love the videos.

[@TimBatSea]

Oh no.... I am going to thank you for watching and pretend I never heard what you said. LOL Be safe my brother.

[@bobainsworth5057]

Great video. It was fun seeing the D&S ( Destroyer Submarine) piers I went in and out for 3 1/2 yrs on DD757 ( Putnam) but because my sea detail was the chain locker I never saw the port. We went to sea detail before you could see land so I saw sea -- pier. HA!HA! Thanks again it's nice to see where I've been.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Bob and a big thank you for your service!

[@johnm1898]

Great video. Interesting to see the military ships. Audio was not a problem. Thanks for posting.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much John.

[@evanwilson648]

I work on a tug right there in the cooper river! I live in Charleston. Cool you were in my territory lol. That cargo ship you passed outbound was one of the ships we work.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Evan. That's great! I used to run up to Nucore with scrap and always loved the low country. You take care and be safen

[@evanwilson648]

TimBatSea yes sir. We do the Nucor runs primarily

[@wjewell7464]

When i was stationed on the USCGC Conifer 180FT ocean going buoy tender, we were in the fort Macon/ Beaufort/ Atlantic beach area we used to tend buoys from South port NC to the Chesapeake bay, used to deliver oil to frying pan shoals, again more memories! lol thanks!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday.

[@geoffreyneish7999]

Thank you for another great vid, I'm really enjoying your channel! Thx again! 😎

[@TimBatSea]

That's great Geoffrey. CUOTO

[@mellissadalby1402]

Cool footage Captain Tim! So you sailed right on by Fort Sumter on your way out the harbor. Someday I want to go see the H.L. Hunley in that city. It is very joyful to watch your fair weather videos, that is beautiful stuff.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and supporting the channels Mellissa. Yes! Charleston is gorgeous we wonderful friendly people too! CUOTO

[@tomgould3891]

Thanks Tim, as a former Navy sailor, you brought back memories for me of sailing out of both Charleston and Norfolk harbors. Keep the great content coming.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Tom and for your service. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@johndodd1362]

Thanks Tim, another great video of operations. The barge with a bow thruster , that’s fantastic, now I have to look at fitting one to a barge in my rc fleet. Keep smiling mate JD

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching John. The bow thruster was a first for me. (Kind of wish we had them on all the barges)

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

Sorry Tim.... Every time you said Norfolk it put my head right into the SNL skit of the imaginary merger of two railroads Norfolk & Weigh with all the exaggerated dialect of the region🤣😂. Hope this made you laugh! Love your videos... have a good one out there😄

[@TimBatSea]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍Thank you Ken. I live SNL but am not familiar with that skit. I'll have to look for it. And yes, it did make me laugh.

[@mcspikes1]

Your videos are extremely interesting and informative. Thank you. Keep up the good work Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Michael

[@charlesmiller000]

It was like homecoming to a former Navy squid (I was on a carrier here at enlistment's end). Thanks Cap'n Tim!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching the and thank you for your service Charles. CUOTO

[@glennlepien473]

Another great video, Capt.Tim .. so informative .. Love how you start out on the charts just like we should if we were planning the trip, BZ for that 'cause not everything is on your electronic plotter .. don't worry so much about the sound quality, your content was outstanding .. there's a lot behind the Sub-Bouys .. mostly "Hydrophonic" research by the Navy .. they used to test Torpedos near there and would listen to the torpedo runs .. also was the basis for obtaining Hydrophonic signatures of vessels too .. You went by three CV (Carriers) in this clip as you entered Norfolk NB and an "LHA" Helicopter Assualt Ship. I had some info on the Deguassing range but was answered very well by Bill Rouleau. I was surprised to see "Harbor Towers" on the right behind the Marina as you entered Portsmouth, spent some time there as a Navy Tech rep. The Hammer-Head cranes were used to lift gun turrets and other large components from the BB's and CA's back in the daze .. but .. not a bad description from a non-Navy guy .. you're still a great mariner and a real Shipmate, Capt. Tim .. I think this is your best video yet. BZ!!! Thank you so much for sharing and for your efforts putting this up for us landlocked swabs .. 8D

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Glenn! I really thought it wouldn't be well received because I was under a time crunch to get it up and out. Thank you again for watching and for the kind words! Oh, and for the cool info!

[@mattWallJsy]

Awesome video. Bought back some great memories of a trip i did from Portsmouth Rhodes Island that ended up a bit further up the main channel there 7 years ago. Will ha e to revisit one day. Keep up the good work sir! 👍🏼

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Matthew. CUOTO

[@mikestone9129]

I grew up in and around Norfolk. I've worked at the Newport News Ship Building and Norfolk Ship Building and Dry Dock yards. I still have friends and family in Norfolk.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Mike. It sure is an interesting place. CUOTO

[@nickbattistelli3023]

“ can’t believe I’m getting paid to do this”. Best line ever. You have found the sweet spot

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you you very much Nick!

[@halwagner5444]

That brought back some memories, in the 70's I lived in Charleston and worked as a ship fitter for a tug building company just past the Cooper river bridge. Enjoyed the video.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Hal. Please consider subscribing.

[@danjordan600]

Thanks Tim, I worked launches in Norfolk harbor and charter boats in the lower Chesapeake bay as a young man. Always loved it. Still looks the same. Good steamin to ya.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Dan!

[@warrenosborne6044]

Thanks for bringing up the " Deguassing yard". It caught me off guard, as I remember "barely" my dad having to deguass the picture tube on the ancient color tv. I was in the SOSUS system in the Navy, and I had to deguass, the tape heads on the multi million dollar tape systems. Hey take a moment and u-tube SOSUS, it sure beat going to Nam and dumping napalm on kids.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and for your service Warren. CUOTO

[@JoseRuiz-km6fd]

Another awesome video. I really enjoy them.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Jose!

[@templarx3815]

Hey Captain, I have watched a few of your videos. Your insight inspired me to apply for all the credentials for working on Tugs. Currently working in the shipyards in Virginia and it is always a pleasant sight to see the Tugs pass by. I hope within this year to start applying for tug companies. Stay safe Sincerely Ethan

[@TimBatSea]

That's great Ethan. Keeps us up to date of the job hunt and beat if luck to you. CUOTO

[@88SherryLynn]

Awesome video. Always fun to watch you work. A guy who has lived his entire life on the prairies has learned a lot, and gets to see the views I never would be able to see. Thanks for always being upbeat, too

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for that. I really appreciate it!

[@ranger2316]

Hey remember these warm, clear, 'flat calm' days when you're freezing you noogies of next winter! Thank you Time, this was a fun and interesting video!

[@TimBatSea]

I most certainly will. Thank you again for watching.

[@MsLaurN]

Really enjoyable video - with chart briefing! Last time I sailed from Charleston to Norfolk, bad weather predicted for several days led us to take the ICW. I was on a 44' sailboat. Great trip with lots to see, and at Norfolk we were able to go outside up to New York.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Lauren.

[@douglasscott3541]

Thanks for another great video. Its great to get a vicarious peek at some of the world most famous ports.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Douglas!

[@danjordan600]

The sub buoys mark an area where the Navy had strewn acoustic cables to identify ships by their propeller signatures, which played a part in the grounding of the Missouri on January 17, 1950

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Dan. I had not heard that. Very interesting! Thank you.

[@jhogan1960]

I also worked next to the Norfolk Southern coal yards at Lambert's Point in the waste water treatment plant.

[@TimBatSea]

Oh cool. Thank you again!

[@FloridaJack]

Well worth waitin' for. Gave me something to chew on.....degaussing...….interesting reading about it's initial uses (WWII Naval) and it's modern uses. Thanks for the trip and the education.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Jack.

[@waynecompton7612]

Good morning Tim, thank you for another interesting video! I did notice the water hitting the bow of the barge. Take care Captain Tim and crew and stay safe 👍😎🇬🇧.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Wayne. How are things over there? Has your prime minister been able to get a haircut yet? Lol Stay safe and keep healthy my brother.

[@waynecompton7612]

TimBatSea Hi Tim, Boris the prime minister is still recovering from this blinking Virus!! Let’s hope he’s had a haircut!!! It’s a very sad time for all!! But we will all pull through, like you I’m very fortunate that I still work. You take care Brother and catch you next time!!👍😎🇬🇧.

[@john5321]

Nice Video, this is my home port. You have a deperming crib, the wires serve to align the magnetic field into a homogenous force aligning the north and souths. Then the ships have installed cable that run a current to create a magnetic field that reduces the inherent magnetic filed. By Elizbeth River buoy #3 is where the degaussing field is on the bottom (the yellow buoy on pilings to the east). When u line up the range lights off ft Monroe, you are in the center of the array. As we all know, a magnetic field crossing a conductor induces an electrical current and that is measured and reported to the navy ships each time they head to sea. grin I subscribed, tugs are cool!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you John for watching, subscribing and for the most awesome information!

[@StephenZ827]

Here's a kicker for you two....Just off the degaussing station was a company called Virginia Chemicals. Years back it was a copper smelling plant, and the slag ( before EPA ) was dumped into the river. You can see it as a long slender sliver about 2 feet above waterline. I worked Va. Chemicals for 8 years 8 months, and yep, 8 days. On one 3rd shift I had a supervisor come get me around 4: 30 a.m. Apparently a drunken want-ta-be boat captain had driven his 15...20 fter up on the slag. The slag I might add is worn by sea action and is akin to walking on razor blades. Now that explains why the supervisor ask me to walk out there and see if anyone was still in the boat. They weren't as I discovered and no sooner had I returned for the 150 yd death walk I was told the man had been spotted in the Company....looking for an exit..no doubt. Some days/nights later a carrier had pulled in to the station all a glow with her lights on and shining across the still water. Being in a Navy town ( Portsmouth ) I was familiar with all the carrier numbers, however this one was new to me. As I knew all the carriers had "6" as in the USS Enterprise is designated 65. This one had a 70 on the island house. As I said I worked there 8 years, 8 months, 8 days, quitting with two weeks severance pay , two weeks paid off for accumulated vacation. That was a Friday, Monday I started work at Newport News Shipbuilding and continued there for the next 34 years. The first job/ carrier I was assigned to was USS Carl Vinson, CVN -70. She had just returned from what they call a shake down cruise, ( PSA ). Insert here, two or three carriers there after I was one of the people which built and installed the covers for the degaussing cables. They run in a continuous loop in the bilge The last carrier I worked from the keel up was USS Gerald Ford. Finished that, worked a couple jobs on subs, and then back to my specialty on the USS JF Kennedy. The shipyard you passed coming in, is the Navy Yard, but not all carriers docked there are operational. One I think is just used for training, like fire drills, moving equipment in tight confined areas plane movements etc... The coal piers on the left, take in coal coming out of Penn. and West Va. On the right ( starboard ) you went right over ( Craney Island area ) where the Monitor and the Merrimack had their a^^ kicking contest. The shipyard you mentioned as private ( assuming it still is ) was a private yard, you're right. Norfolk Naval Shipyard is located at the hammerhead. My father was supervisor there for some 32 years. Trivia, it's actually located in Portsmouth, was originally known as Gosport , later changed to Norfolk Naval Shipyard ( NNS ) as it was in Norfolk county. Where you ended up is also the entrance we would say here....to the intercoastal water way...One last tidbit....as you past the Hampton Roads Tunnel Bridge, off to the right being downtown Hampton ...had you looked close you might have seen Blackbeard's skull. Just kidding but that is where they say his head ended up, on a spike at the harbor entrance for all to see....bad things happen to bad pirates....

[@chrisperry8192]

I worked on the midstream tugs in the cooper river for a stint last summer doing the run up to the steel mill. Great to see the harbor again, thanks for the video.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Chris. Years ago at another company I used to run scrap up to Nucore often as well. Take care!

[@stripersniper1531]

Very cool Tim. Id pinch myself too if I had your job...Nice work man.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much!

[@MonkPetite]

Tim , the submarine buoy has a submarine bell on it . Before it was a string of buoys that had light and a whistling noise. These buoy’s ran on acetylene gas. Probably chalk as a source. Entrance gas, whistling and bell buoy is the term. Greetings form Holland

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Monk.

[@Nicko30able]

We really enjoy your posts. I think I would have sat happily thru the entire trip!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Nick!

[@andrewhill2614]

Thanks, Tim. I look forward to each video you post.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Andrew!

[@James-seafan]

nice views leaving charleston sc and arriving in norfolk excellent video tim thank you

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching James. CUOTO

[@James-seafan]

your welcome tim

[@johnschneider6610]

Yeah Tim, as you passed the Air Craft carriers,you also were passing the D&S piers (Destroyer and Sub) ,and the other Navy ships are in the Portsmouth Naval yard

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching John. CUOTO

[@tophan5146]

Thanks for the new video!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching!

[@danmc7815]

Thanks for the video tour of a Charleston, Norfolk and in between. Been into both long ago, in the mid 1980s, and not with a tow. Stay safe and well.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Dan.

[@billhunsinger862]

I was on a new destroyer escort USS Glover DEGE 1, built in Bath Maine. We came down to that degaussing pen. Very big cables encircled the ship for the process. We then went to our home port of Newport, RI.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Bill. Cool story. Thank you for your service.

[@tht1drnkrussian]

Academy guy here. I currently work for MSC, and that's my ship docked at Craney Island fuel depot at 14:11, and I remember this day! I was on watch!!! I came across your channel about a month ago, and it's real nice to see what mariner life is like on a tug versus life on a replenishment oiler. I used to work on OSV's in the gulf as AB before I got hired as Third Mate at MSC last year. Keep putting these up cap, it makes in port watch go by faster!!

[@TimBatSea]

Hey Thank you very much! It is funny how things work. I am being totally honest with you about this; I remember looking over at your ship and thinking how cool would that be sailing around the world doing underway replenishment? No Bravo Sierra! And at that time you were thinking the same thing about us and what we do. To funny! Be safe my brother!

[@tht1drnkrussian]

TimBatSea Yes sir underway replenishment is a fun and unique experience no other company gets to do, plus all the amazing ports we get to go to! I appreciate it cap! See you on the 1.

[@TimBatSea]

@@tht1drnkrussian One whistle agreed!

[@robertmalis4493]

No it’s nice to see Tim that you’re not just stuck inside the inner coastal waterways of New York I bet it’s kind of nice to get out in the open ocean most thugs that I’ve seen they have a very low freeboard that’s a beautiful day out there though I’m at the part where you said it’s a beautiful day you know it’s so incredible is why I love the ocean so much is I’ve seen things on the ocean most people only dream about seeing really cool I’ve seen orcas I’ve seen all kinds of whales anyway Tim God bless stay safe and healthy sir

[@TimBatSea]

Oh you know it. I have always been a wire guy and loved the long runs, Texas to Maine, Philadelphia to San Juan. But the bunker thing has turned out to me more rewarding than expected. That being said, it sure is nice to get water under the keel.

[@johndorso502]

Thanks Tim. I’ll check in another week. I have to go up the outside from Cape May to New Jersey. Usually use Liberty Landings then up East river to Hells gate. Slow 9 knot boat. Need daylight as owner doesn’t like us to run at night.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Sue. Have seen my Hell Gate video? And 9 kts is our speed lite tug. Just make sure you keep a radio on 13. Best of luck.

[@yukon4511]

God bless you Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

I really appreciate that. CUOTO

[@captainrick9379]

Another Awesome video! Thanks Tim!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Rick!

[@johnwingerson2386]

great videos please keep it up wishing you fair winds.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching John. CUOTO

[@hudsonhawk0016]

Great video cap'n Tim. 👍👍👍

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you as always. Stay safe my brother.

[@hudsonhawk0016]

@@TimBatSea and you as well. You are probably back in New York by now. Stay under the radar my friend.

[@kelvinbaptist3333]

Great video, Norfolk is my hometown and it was very nice to see it from water. The hammerhead crane is at Norfolk Naval Shipyard which is actually in Portsmouth.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Kevin.

[@mhansl]

As a recording engineer, I would use a handheld degausser to remove magnetism from tape machine heads. Pretty amazing that there are ship sized versions. Great vid, Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. That makes me so happy. I want this channel to be an exchange of information for people of all walks of life.

[@firemedicseven]

I enjoy the chart sessions. It gives a good overview of where you are going and reading the chart reminds me of places I have been in the area.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching James.

[@ArchangelMichaelable]

Great video Tim, again I learned something new I had no idea that barges had bow thrusters on them, Thanks for sharing Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Michael. That was the first one I have ever used in my career.

[@grandpamike5336]

Enjoy your videos...hope you keep sharing.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Mike. I to hope I am able to keep making content you like.

[@screwascreenname2662]

Glad I found your channel. I’ll show this to my dad he was stationed on the Nimitz before it was named. He was part of the first crew that took it out and tested it. He has tons of stores of them beating the balls out of the ship making sure it’s what the navy wanted going forward in their aircraft carriers

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider Subscribing if you haven't already. That is very cool. I could sit and listen to a guy like your dad tell those stories for hours.

[@kingteddyjo]

I worked at that degausing range and your partly right on what it does. From the cable they send a crazy amount of electricity through it to reduce the magnetic signature of the vessel. It's a mine warfare defense, it calibrates the ships ability to change its own magnetic signature to the friendly signature of the waters it in i.e if it's in the Atlantic it changes it signature or if it's in unfriendly waters it makes itself a much smaller signature or match the geographic earth's signature of that location. It also changes its magnetic field on the surface making ships that are say 700ft look as if it's a 70ft fishing vessel.

[@TimBatSea]

Wow! Very cool info! Thank you very much Jody. CUOTO

[@timdemarco5079]

Nice tugging, going out past Frying Pan Tower👍. Me and my dad fished out at the Bay Bridge in the Chesapeake. My uncle works there at the Newport News Shipyard. Thanks for the videos Tim🛳

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching the Tim.

[@conradealie9304]

“Looks like an aircraft carrier only smaller.” Most likely and LPH.....Landing Platform -Hilo. They carry jump jets, various helicopter gun ships and armed landing craft. And as a bonus, a bunch of US Marines.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Conrad. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@oldmill322]

Hey Tim, loved the carts at the beginning, don't worry about the little slips on the description, it makes you human and very enjoyable to watch.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and a huge, extra special thank you for becoming a patron!!!!! I just got the notice! Thank you so much. I sent you a message on patreon.

[@funsmasher7018]

My story on the Submarine Buoys is that there was an antisubmarine net anchored there during WWII. It stretched across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay protecting DC from German Subs.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. That is one of the more popular theories in the comments, and i thank you for sharing. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@joekelley1014]

Well I have never been into Norfolk Harbor, that was really cool! Thank you! I bet you are going to suggest thrusters on all your Company's barges!

[@TimBatSea]

😂😂😂😂 That would be great! 😂 Thank you for watching Joe. CUOTO

[@jefflong3200]

Thanks for the efforts you go to Tim! A very interesting one to watch and learn. That bow thruster on the was very cool. Made docking seem pretty streamlined.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Jeff. The barge was lite and the wind was blowing off the other barges. Normally I would have to get cockeyed while trying to get a bow line against the wind, but the thruster made it seem like I had an assist tug up there pushing on me.

[@erich9244]

Tim B the Aircraft Carriers piers were the first 6 or 8 that you passed The smaller Aircraft carriers could be Iwo Jima Class Helicopter assault ships, or Wasp Class ships that launch LCAC's and other type of vessels. I believe the Iwo's and the Wasp are roughly 1800 Man Marine Corp ships, so not small to be sure. The degaussing also helps with making sure that their onboard compasses are not messed up with the presence of all the magnetic materials

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Eric. And thank you for the good information.

[@simonleach7250]

Another great video Tim - thank you. You make coming alongside look so easy, with or without a bow thruster. I would love to see a video dedicated to this aspect of your work and learn more about the communications/commands that pass between you and your crew. No pressure!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Simon. Have you seen my videos "Crew change update and first job" and "Split screen docking a 50"? You may like them. I hope to do more multi cam shots of maneuvers.

[@simonleach7250]

@@TimBatSea Thanks Tim. I'll take a look.

[@TomLeg]

I used to work for a video duplication house, if you remember VHS and Beta. We used a degaussing machine to erase tapes for reuse. A tape ordinarily has some charges going this way, some the other way, and that's how you get a video or audio signal. The degaussing machine has a magnetic field changing back and forth, that gradually fades away, so all the tiny magnetic particles wind up randomly arranged, with no signal. I'm guessing the ships accumulate magnetic field, from various sources, and degaussing neutralizes it all.

[@TimBatSea]

Welcome Tom. Oh yes. My mother had a radio show for 17 years and I used to watch the engineers that recorded her show, use a hand held degausser to erase the big reel to reel tapes they had.

[@TomLeg]

@@TimBatSea 3 am ... why weren't you in your bunk preparing for your 5 am alarm? :-)

[@TimBatSea]

@@TomLeg tiny coffee bladder. Lol

[@Dinoxt12]

Interesting...I've learned a lot about the Maritime workings from your video's , that I didn't know about and wondered about. Good Video...Thanks.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching.

[@RKO36]

I enjoyed the video, Tim. What a cool place.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching.

[@frankaxiak1959]

Very nice shots of Hampton Roads and NAVSTA Norfolk Tim. Impressive!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Frank. This one was a bit rushed. But I'm trying to improve!

[@dougbrokeit7406]

ive watched them all great work Tim

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Doug!

[@jimt2853]

Another great video Tom. Liked to presentation with the charts, and your comments as the trip progressed. To video this while in command of the ship has to be quite a task, so don't knock the quality. This isn't Hollywood, it is the real deal. Thanks for a good trip!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Jim. I just set the camera up before I start to do my thing, Then try to edit it in post to try to make it a but more interesting.

[@richardjackson1550]

That's awesome Capt! Where you left the barge (the degausing station and after) is where I learned to drive Navy tugs, super cool to see you go there! Great video keep up the good work!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Richard, and thank you for your service.

[@shinybaldy]

Day 39 of quarantine and I can’t say thank you enough for this. We will do everything we can to minimize societal risk and help our clinical providers - but cabin fever is real and I’m not a submariner. In re “submarine bouys” - my understanding is for a while, underwater acoustic signals were being explored as a way to provide navigation aid before radiography technology developed. You’ll have acoustic hydrophones on port and starboard and be able to tell distance and direction. Apparently it was also explored as a way for ships to keep distance in poor weather like 1920s AIS.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Oh wow. That's cool. I hadn't heard that before. Thank you!

[@gnuclur8952]

shinybaldy why was it necessary for you spread propaganda about this scam .... really?

[@shinybaldy]

Greg Fox what?

[@robfraley4210]

After I quit flying, I was running a crane for a friend of mine (actually I ran construction crane for him 13 years on my days off all along) we did the precast all along the roof of a new library in down town Charleston just befor we moved to N. Floow’da from Raleigh, we found a mom n pop restaurant near the waterfront where you could get a N1CE big meal for 5$ there right by that big bridge you went under @ 6:00. Charleston is a nice place 👍✅. Back in the early 1980s I flew canceled bank checks at night out of RDU, Norfolk was my 1st stop every night, right after that I got a run out of Norfolk ORF to Baltimore BWI 5 nights a week hauling UPS freight in an old 1955 Beech 18, you know, the ones with twin tail feathers & a tail wheel And the Round Engines, what a trip That was..!! 🤭😱😎👍✅

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Rob. Cool story! Cheers!

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

Nice passage and looks like you had decent weather as well. I have been noticing that the owners seem to take good care of their tugs. Nice to have decent equipment to run, but I'm guessing it's more about the cargo you move than showing off to the competition.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Richard. No. The owners do not take care of their equipment. We take care of their equipment! Lol. It is always nice to work on a clean boat that has been well looked after, and it can only help during our many inspections and vettings.

[@wtfbuddy1]

Nice video, envious of your weather as we got 1" of snow this morning. cheers

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and stay warm up there in the great white North.

[@calraines6931]

Sweet run! Thank you Sir.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Cal!

[@davemroz8503]

Great video!! You drove right by me at the shipyard!!

[@TimBatSea]

Hey Dave! I was waving to you.

[@davemroz8503]

@@TimBatSea I bet!!

[@robertcole1865]

Always look forward to Tim B Tuesday. Have a great day!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Robert. "Tim B Tuesday" I love that!

[@jdow55]

Another great video Tim

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Jamie

[@johndorso502]

Took a 54 sail boat up that route 2 yrs. ago. Saw your video on the hells gate transit.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Sue. (Pro tip: it's "Hell Gate")

[@DT-52]

I not only subscribed, but I'm hooked (a bit of a pun)! A request ... can you do a detailed video of operating in heavy seas? I mean surely, snarly, scary seas. If my intent isn't obvious, I'm most interested in orchestration and teamwork it takes to successfully navigate a truly wondrous machine through an even more wonderful nature. Great stuff ... I'm living vicariously through your vids.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. I don't think I can do a bad WX video showing to much due to restrictions places on me by my employer. But I may be able to verbally do a walk through of what we do to "Rig for Sea" and what things we talk about before encountering heavy WX and what contingency plans to mitigate WX related problems.

[@DT-52]

@@TimBatSea That's understandable! But heck yes, do that. I'd be particularly interested in how you set up for heavy (fast) following seas - especially towing a massive barge. Or, you could have me film during bad weather -- oh yeah!

[@gregwarner3753]

Been on a big tug ( USS PRESERVER ARS-4) in fairly heavy seas. Not fun but better than a Destroyer Escort off Halifax in February.

[@jhogan1960]

Spent many days on the waters surrounding Hampton Roads. From small R/V's to NOAA vessels. Aircraft carrier row.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching James.

[@rogerdeves1511]

Terrific stuff mate. Loved it voice over was fine. Ingat kuya

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Roger. I try to post new content every Tuesday.

[@gardenrailroading]

Six motions in the ocean, heave, sway, surge, roll, pitch and yaw. I think you did a lot of them this day.

[@TimBatSea]

Hahaha. Very true. Thank you so much for watching!

[@davewylie654]

Out on the deck at night picking up flying fish to use for cut bait!! We always put lines out going up through there as well. Kingfish city up around Diamond

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Dave. I know! I'm on this boat working over, and they don't have any fishing gear......

[@cgirl111]

Those degaussing yards are used to calibrate the ships degaussing system. Every ship of the line I'm aware of has such a system. In general the system has to be calibrated after a ship yard refit or at least that's the only time my ship did it. The system uses different settings depending on what latitude the ship is in since the earths magnetic field varies by latitude. The system doesn't demagnatize the ship, it generated sort a counter magnetic field around the ship so that the steel of the ship doesn't distort the earths magnetic field.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and for cleaning that up for me.

[@dougbourdo2589]

Seems to me that the "Hampton Roads" harbor area right there by Norfolk claims to be so big that every ocean going ship in the world cold fit in it. That from a boat tour taken there a number of years ago. The New GHW Bush carrier was there & departed the next day for the middle east. Watched it take on fighters at sea from Virginia Beach the next day.

[@TimBatSea]

Cool! Thank you for watching Doug. CUOTO