Exploring Battleship NJ: Where Does This Door Go?

In this episode we're exploring a compartment we've never been in before, accessed through the Officer's Barber Shop.
For our previous video on the ship's barber shops:
• Barbershop
For our video on one of the ship's glory holes:
• Glory Hole: Berthing, ...
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[@ChrsGuit]

HVAC guy here... Since Ryan was quite surprised by the existence of this obscure room, I wonder how long it's been since that air filter was changed? 😆

[@jamesmcdaniel6500]

most likely never or before she came up the Delaware from a HVAC guy.

[@rodatamx]

Yes

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

I was wondering the same thing. Guarantee that filter is a cake.

[@llllib]

It did not seem to me he was surprised, he seemed more to be retracing his discoveries rather than doing them. By the way what I noticed initially was azbestos warning, I wonder if that was obsolete or not.

[@ChrsGuit]

@@llllib likely not... Since the ships were active into the 90's, I'd imagine some deal of asbestos might have been dealt with, but on most of those ships, encapsulation is a better option than removal... It's far less of a risk if it's kept in place and just covered over, vs the hazards it creates when removed and stirred up. That was according to a maintenance fella I know and talk to occasionally on USS Alabama in Mobile..

[@uncommon_niagara1581]

Even after years on the job, Ryan still gets the thrill of 'oooh..this is new".

[@matthewnewton8812]

The enthusiasm is infectious. :) I really love this channel.

[@Studio23Media]

It's videos like this that make me realize I SEVERELY underestimated the size of battleships. 😂

[@snegik]

@@Studio23Media agreed. Never actually knew battleships had that many things for stuff like living aside from quarters

[@rockets4kids]

Still a chance to find Narnia!

[@bambambundy6]

Who wouldn't??

[@deemstyle]

It's amazing to me how many spaces can still exist that you haven't been in. I say more videos like this please!!

[@garyt4800]

Agree

[@roadsweeper1]

Totally agree, amazing there is still unknowns on that ship. Would love to have free rein to go explore the NJ, see what amazing little bits you can find, like the pad and work gloves where some workman 30+ years ago took a little nap and hid from his duties :)

[@SLOCLMBR]

@@roadsweeper1 what a perfect little spot..

[@largol33t1]

@@roadsweeper1 I fully believe Ryan's theory that this doubled as some dude's secret nap spot. On a ship with over a thousand other fools, some will seek a bit of time away from them once in a while! 😁

[@whyjnot420]

I love how this worked. "what door?" "where does this lead?" "ok, where does _this_ lead?" Just simple, pure enthusiasm for exploring the unknown.

[@joeythedime1838]

Awesome watching Ryan exploring "new" doors and spaces where he has never been.

[@TomCat13461]

In the 60s, I was assigned to the USS Enterprise. There were a LOT of ventilation spaces aboard to hide in and take a nap! Ask me how I know!😉

[@TomCat13461]

And then there was the rumor aboard ship about the poker games going on that the Master At Arms could never "find"! (Most likely because he was in it!)😏

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Sneaky sneaky.

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Would love to hear more stories from you.

[@henrycarlson7514]

when we ovehauled the Ranger there were a lot of spaces that were only opened during the overhaul . When I was catipult crew there were places I only went into every 3,6 or annually. There was 1 case where I had a PMS check , sadly I did it when we were cold iron . when I checked it every thing was good sadly the space was sealed until a couple o months later there was a steam leak . The sad part there was no way to remove the VERY hot water from that space . I never did find out how the water was removed . fortunatly when they got the water out the fix was easy. thank You Happy trails

[@NOrlando952]

Best KZbin comment I’ve seen in a while.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

reminds me of when I worked in a mill that had to have been built by an eldrich god. every now and then you'd find a door in a room you've always been in, that leads to somewhere you've never seen before which leads out to another room you've always walked through

[@lxtechmangood9503]

Bit like the hidden doors, walkways and rooms in the houses of Parliament or churches and big country houses or castles etc, maybe even the White House. So much exploring still to be done in so many places and ships. Always exciting. Can't wait for the next hidden compartment or door..

[@trailrunnah8886]

This was fascinating. I wish I had my own Iowa class battleship to run around in and explore! I was like a little kid when he hit that alarm button and it actually worked, I was so excited haha.

[@NFSgadzooks]

I wonder if he caused a little moment of panic for anyone else aboard the ship

[@trailrunnah8886]

@@NFSgadzooks haha probably!

[@Riceball01]

That little crawl space is kind of like a real world equivalent of a Star Trek Jeffries Tube, but a lot smaller and oriented vertically instead of horizontally.

[@wierdalien1]

Hardly a surprise

[@ZGryphon]

Sadly, the pipe visible in a couple of the shots did not say "GNDN->"

[@87Vetteowner]

@@ZGryphon Goes Nowhere Does Nothing . .

[@daniel_poore]

The sheer scale of the refits done in the 1980s never ceases to amaze me. I cant imagine seeing how much work was done, like if you could tour the same ship in 2 different versions pre refit and post. Even if some of the stuff is small, I mean every room in the ship has changes!

[@tomasthomas8563]

If you really want to get lost, try finding spaces on the U.S.S. Midway CV 41. I was installing radiation monitoring equipment and it took me 4hours to find 1 particular space. It took my foreman over 2 days to find the space and equipment that I installed. No new numbering system on midway, just the old A B C Numbers. Dc evolutions on Midway were like watching Laurel and Hardy.

[@Studio23Media]

That could be a fun game for the museums. They give you a card with a random location and you have 24hr to find it. 😂

[@SSN515]

I was on the Flying Squad on Midway. Fun times finding all the spaces in a hurry. But as you get used to it, the ship gets "smaller".

[@llllib]

@@Studio23Media And a bonus for those that find skeletons of previous search candidates :-D

[@wayneparris3439]

I love seeing new discoveries and seldom visited spaces. Thanks for taking us along from the barbershop to the hiddie hole used likely by a yardbird. I would be willing to bet that the space likely was used by crew to get away and hide too!

[@josephstevens9888]

It would have been cool if that door lead to a time portal to New Jersey's WW2 service days. It would make an interesting "Twilight Zone" episode! 😉

[@Superuser009]

Excellent video. Really love these "off the beaten path" explorations and discoveries.

[@frankcherry3810]

Actually, design of ships like this are amazing. No computers, done by hand by draftsmen!

[@BrianHoff04]

I like how Ryan bends & contorts while making grunts, ughs, and ahh noises. Libby (I am assuming Libby has the camera) seems to make no noises as she follows & films him into the same spaces.

[@owenkegg5608]

And you'll notice whoever is holding the camera climbs down that ladder to follow Ryan without any noise of footsteps whatsoever. It's like they just floated down.

[@arnoldgrubbs2005]

@@owenkegg5608 I assume that's due to Ryan having the wireless microphone on him, and the camera person does not have one that is turned on at the time.

[@Raptorrat]

Seeing those panels in far-off spaces makes me wonder if, and how many, "mystery" switches there are. It does work, it does something somewhere in the ship, but no one figured out what and where. Like an old bit in "friends" where a switch in one appartment, turned the TV in the other appartment on and off.

[@flatworm00]

It is amazing that there are that many areas on this ship...never realized how many out of the way spots there are.

[@karlkindel3971]

Please consider doing more of these exploratory videos. They are frickin' awesome!

[@curtvote1099]

I so happy that Ryan is truly passionate about this ship. I like how he thinks his way through the puzzle.

[@paramounttechnicalconsulti5219]

This is, to me, your best video and I envy you! Ships and buildings - "where does that door go?". Was blest to know a man in the constructiuon trade, walked on the iconic roof of Madison Square Garden and saw all of the machinery that made magic. I never did it, but he "knew a guy" and they climbed the ladder up the dirigible mast on the Empire State Building and popped the hatch (Original King Kong, the hatch Denham climbed through to save Fay Wraye); it exists and he climbed through it to a two-plank wide walkway 1,000 feet over Manhattan. Absolutely LOVE crawling through doors, seeing what is on the other side, and saying "Oh! THAT'S how they did it!".

[@ramiroreyesm]

Absolutely loved exploring unexplored parts of the ship with you! Keep ‘‘em coming!!!

[@gonnagetya1433]

At 10:43 interesting that they painted "Sealed Do Not Open" on the inside of the hatch that you had to go outside and through that hatch in order to get into that area. I assume this is because they were dehumidifying the space, but why doesn't it say so on the outside?

[@trevorgray4697]

It probably did while the ship was in the mothball fleet. She was held in reserve for almost 9 years before the navy restored and donated her. Presumably they painted over it during the restoration.

[@spennykcn]

More unexplored spaces please. This may be my favorite video so far.

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Lol, that face you made after testing the flight crash alarm.

[@ghost307]

If you liked that face you need to see the face that he made when he pushed a button on a winch and it started turning. I think it was on the video about getting ammunition and shells down to the bottom of the turrets for restocking the ship.

[@brianc9642]

Still trying to figure out “where does this door go?” Love the effort and commitment put forth by Ryan and his crew.

[@protahgonist]

I actually know the guy who used to take naps in that space! His name is Jeffery, and that void was always referred to as "Jeffery's Tube".

[@divarachelenvy]

Have you ever been totally surprised by a discovery in any of the spaces on the ship?

[@cameronmccreary4758]

I see a jail type toilet right behind Ryan in the corner of the barbershop to his right. No privacy. Nice area and use of space. Send a drone up the ladder. Thanks Ryan for this look into a rare area.

[@phillipbouchard4197]

I thank you. I had requested some time ago a video of the Helicopter Control Station and lo and behold we got to see inside the station tonight. Great to see that the emergency alarm still works !

[@Lando_P1]

Santa brought me an Iowa class battleship for Christmas. I’m so thankful for the video owners manual.

[@loosh5101]

This is definitely one of those videos where it's fun to go through the sequence "pause, check the PDF of the plans, play, new space, repeat."

[@maxcaysey2844]

Such a cool ship! Every time I see something new about it, and that's basically every video, I'm reminded and flabbergasted at what level of detail and effort went in to building those magnificent ships!

[@joshuametzger10951]

As soon as you got into the "mystery spot", my first thought was that it would make a great hiding and chilling out area. Seems I wasn't the only one.

[@asn413]

my Dad knew a few fellows on his ship that were supposed to paint the floor of a compartment with red anti-fouling paint. their officer in charge saw them walking away way too early to have finished the job. he went there and looked. It was properly and completely painted. He later found out they used mops. they had to chip it up and do it again.

[@GeraldMMonroe]

Is there something wrong with using mops?

[@travistucker1033]

@@GeraldMMonroe it ruins the mop.

[@stevecooper2873]

That ain't right. Done properly, done better.... but not tradition.

[@MJTAUTOMOTIVE]

Hi Ryan and Libby, Could you do another tour of the fire control rooms and then to the engine room out to the propeller shafts. Basically a tour of where the oil starts and gets heated then water turned to steam that turns the turbines and then the propeller shafts. I know you have done separate videos on each of these. But one video showing the complete system. It would not have to be a long video, a couple of minutes in each space. Thanks for the Great videos. Cheers.

[@364pgr]

Boiler tech jobs on the New Jersey would be great to see. Thanks Ryan for the great videos.

[@stephenstarling2578]

Yes I agree machinist mate and bt jobs

[@user-mr8ij8gi7c]

There was a video with a former Navy boiler tech who served on New Jersey. His work schedule kept him below deck for weeks at a time, and so busy that all he got to do was work, eat, and sleep for much of his tour. There is another video where Ryan goes inside of a NJ boiler, where you can see the tubes & back side of burners.

[@richtidd]

The inner room is just big enough for one curator!

[@yes_head]

LOL. You could have a whole video sub-series called "BB-62 Backroads". I'm surprised there weren't any old Betty Grable pinups on some of those bulkheads!

[@sigmasquadleader]

I'm so happy to hear you! I hope the microphone and audio issues are a thing of the past.

[@ZGryphon]

I love the partially painted room. It's like someone was assigned to paint in there, got started on it, then realized, _No one is ever going to come in here again for any reason, what am I doing with my life?_ :)

[@kevincrosby1760]

A distinction should be made between "Air conditioning" and "ventilation". If a space is designed for human entry on even an occasional basis, it will have ventilation supply and exhaust. Whether that supply is from the weather decks, another compartment, or runs through heating and/or cooling coils depends on the actual use of the space. Fan Rooms such as these are actually quite common. They provide access to heating coils, cooling coils, fan motors/belts, dampers, etc. If you have items which you just cannot afford to be caught with in your personal locker, you will locate spaces such as these with easy access away from prying eyes. They are also popular with sailors who wish to engage in activities frowned upon by the US Navy. Other than the obvious "couples" activities, these activities could include a little cocktail party and/or a card game where there is money on the table. FWIW, you can find similar spaces in large buildings as part of the HVAC system. Caught a couple once engaging in what appeared to be a lab project for their Human Biology class while looking for a duct smoke detector in a college library HVAC system...

[@moconnell663]

Just casually ask them if they've seen any red cabling about anywhere ;)

[@henrycarlson7514]

Thank You for exploring the ship so completly . after all there could be a leak a short , a fire in ANY space ANY time . Thank You for you're passion

[@srsykes]

I served as an ENS/LTJG aboard the USS Springfield, CLG-7. We had COMSIXTHFLEET aboard while I was there. She had an Officers' Barbershop in about that same relative place, scaled down. Although we only had one chair; don't ever remember having a problem getting an appointment. Even with 14 four-stripers and the rest of the Admiral's staff onboard I never got bumped.

[@maytagmark2171]

Just because Ryan did not know of these areas does not mean maintenance does not know of them. The filters would be on the maintenance check list.

[@TooManyHobbiesJeremy]

Great exploration video. I was glued to the screen.

[@gwventura1]

Very cool to see that you can still find stuff that hasn't been touched in years.

[@isaacschmitt4803]

Me, a former sailor: That's not why it was called a glory hole. . . Joking aside, I love seeing things on old ships that look like they came out of my ship, which was finished in 2010 (The USS Gravely DDG 107). Especially my equipment, the interior communications stuff like the 1MC, the crash alarm, sound powered phones, and other things that haven't changed much since . . . probably before WW2. Also love seeing these forgotten spaces. I got to explore a lot of those on my ship since I owned all the sensors and detectors, so I was intimately familiar with the best nap spots.

[@MoparNewport]

Ryan - *Triggers Alarm* Half the museum staff - *Comes running* Ooops.

[@jj3449]

I love when he says judging by the age of the chair. Those are the same chairs my barber has just different upholstery.

[@wildntheyoung7814]

Ryan is freaking awesome With all that work he’s got to do plus make videos for us this guy is a real MVP plus he has a Battleship

[@jbellos1]

That was great, thanks!!

[@nilo70]

Thank you for making this !

[@toddthompson3043]

Keep up these kind of videos. This was awesome

[@VitaminK69]

That was really neat to watch!

[@BIBSTERSrepairshop]

Stuff like this is what I love this channel great video!

[@fire304]

Very cool!

[@ericcorse]

This was exciting.

[@matthewblaszyk4405]

My favorite type of videos!! Keep it up!

[@heatherbrown2761]

I would love to know what if any evidence or equipment remains from the elevator that was installed for FDR at one point. =)

[@richardwhitfield687]

I enjoy your other videos but this was really neat to discover it with you in this one

[@Srinathji_Das]

I love that you keep things like that alarm, in good working order! 👍

[@J3AD]

loved this video, hell all your videos, even when helping other museum ships and programs trying to hold on to our heritage.

[@howegav]

This channel is so interesting. Ryan does an excellent job explaining the content.

[@dalecomer5951]

Yes, more like this!

[@P61guy61]

Awesome. Excellent. Stupendous.

[@dayradebaugh]

Great vid!

[@NotTheCIA1961]

This was a really fun video to watch.

[@72polara]

Thanks for taking us exploring. It's a lot of fun to see these oddball spaces.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

This content is why I subscribe. Great video!

[@shawnmcintyre4773]

What a great channel!

[@greeb666]

This was really cool, I hope you do more videos like this.

[@billwing6917]

Very interesting tour this time. I really like your style. Keep up the fascinating tours.

[@alastairjones0]

Loved this explore - it’s like the ultimate urbex!

[@856Dropout]

Love to see the whole ship documented. This video was super interesting.

[@PeopleCallMeCraig]

I love the exploration videos! Even though the "tour route" videos are fantastic I always want to know what's behind the door I can't go through! Great job as always.

[@NomadShadow1]

Cool. More of this please 🙂

[@31dknight]

Great video from the battleship.

[@Blockio1999]

I love this a lot, I never tire of exploring niches in large spaces, so this kind of stuff is right up my alley

[@Therealguymins]

I love weird little spaces like these, I'd have so much fun exploring a ship like this lol

[@pdstahl84]

This was my favorite video in a while. I would love to see videos about the various "pits of death" you mention

[@36736fps]

2 questions: 1 - What safety protocols do you have to check the atmosphere in all these confined spaces for oxygen content and toxic gases? 2 - Is there a door/hatch schedule that lists all the doors and hatches that shows how many there are in the whole ship?

[@objuan6]

doors, hatches, closures would have been carefully monitored when ship was operational, large block X Y Z symbols on every closure is a key part of that, but, I don’t remember any more of that. Need a BlueJacket’sManual.

[@bazwabat1]

Looks like nice weather! 🙂

[@michaelimbesi2314]

You have an awesome job

[@bradyeverett9225]

Most entertaining video I've seen in awhile, totally loved it. Like a mystery of hmm, how do we get there??? Always cool seeing you uncover new history in real time. Y'all should make more videos exploring the ship!

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

The adventure continues... 👍

[@mosheberkovits3586]

It must be so much fun being able to explore the ship as you please

[@randyogburn2498]

I love it. The alarm still works. It would be a blast if I could retire today & move & start volunteering tomorrow. But I fear I would want to spend all my time exploring instead of working.

[@garywagner2466]

Great fun. Thanks, Ryan and Libby.

[@murrayc489]

LOVE these random places lol, idk what it is about them they are just so cool lol

[@TheFoxEssence]

So cool that some of the air conditioning and heating works! Also must be so exciting to explore.

[@psycocavr]

I love the exploration! I followed Admiral Olson all the way down into the double bottom of the USS Ranger during her 93 Survey. He was explaining everything he saw to young the sailors who were following us. Good times.

[@owenkegg5608]

I love stuff like this. I had enough fun snooping around crew hallways of cruise liners (or the back rooms of a big store) when I wasn't mean to, and this has got to be even more fun. I could probably spend days just wandering around stuff like this and seeing where it takes me. I wonder if we will have stuff like this when we start building ships in space.

[@onoffroad]

Hey you found AL Capone's vault! lol 😂 Love you're Chanel,keep doing what you are doing.👍

[@Jonas-sg8su]

What else to see? Literally all of it. Walk in random directions, if there's several doors, entrances or whatever, do a coin toss unless it brings you somewhere that has been featured already, and bring us along. :)

[@plateau2002]

Didn't understand it all but, like always. A great clip. Thanks JohnB

[@jackstecker5796]

It never ceases to amaze me that the more I watch these videos, the more it reminds of a nuclear powerplant. Obviously, without the radiological control areas. Spent a lot of time exploring nooks and crannies. Nothing like turning a corner deep in the bowels of a plant finding a sign reading "DANGER! 2500 MREM/ HR AREA! DO NOT LINGER!" Nope, nope nope, all my nope. Time to scoot.

[@michaelsommers2356]

In all your explorations, did you ever find the officers' barbershop?

[@jackstecker5796]

@@michaelsommers2356 No, but a lot the former reactor officers from the "nuclear navy" made jokes about it, now and again.

[@ronsmith5441]

Back in the early 80's when this ship was towed into long beach shipyard, the USS Tarawa was in for refitting,,I stood roving watch on the New Jersey before she had a crew I was a Hull Tech from the Eagle of the sea

[@formula73]

All the stuff I’ve watched here…THIS is my favorite video. I feel like a kid watching Ryan find stuff! Sleepy shipyard bubbas!!

[@herrcobblermachen]

Awesome! Felt like i was witnessing history. I thought that in all those voids we'd find a sack rat, and sure enough!