How crews at the Philadelphia Navy Yard are restoring the Battleship New Jersey

[@mikeconklin1567]

I served on Battleship New Jersey 1985-1987 maintaining the 5” gunnery Fire Control System. The Mark 1 Able analog computer. A huge device that was controlled by five Fire Control technicians during Naval Gunfire Support shore bombardment.

[@romansturno7323]

she still shines bright even today.

[@jamesraymond1158]

If you experienced firing of the guns, please tell us what it was like.

[@roneified4405]

you should head over to it someday, Ryan and the museum team work to preserve the memory of those who served on Big J by taking their testimony.

[@Tonetwisters]

Now THAT'S a SHIP.

[@badgerattoadhall]

lucky the 1980s cold war military was so cool especially the BBs

[@josephgooch1451]

Look, it’s Ryan Semanski from the battleship New Jersey museum and Memorial!🙂

[@BrowncoatInABox]

Seeing him on camera and not hearing him say that is so freaking weird

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

They cut him so bad lol

[@thearnorianruby4681]

I am so happy that New Jersey is being restored. Greetings from Texas!

[@mrfixitman75]

I’m a subscriber to the KZbin channel on the New Jersey. Every episode is great and informative! Ryan and the others working there make it great! Thank you guys very much!

[@ebla83]

I agree. Ryan is an amazing representative of the New Jersey

[@mrkeiths48]

I remember our sub pulling into Sasebo, Japan just before the New Jersey. What an entrance she made. Kudos to Ryan Semansky for his great KZbin channel on the great battleship.

[@user-wj7mc2nj6n]

I went on Board the New Jersey in long Beach CA, just before she was sent to Vietnam, I'll never forget that. Those 16 inch Rifles are impressive. Shoot a 2000 lb shell 25 miles... I'm glad to see that a number of Battlewagons are still around and not being sold for scrap...thanks for the positive news story for once.

[@kraigcochran9995]

Thanks for your service sir

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

Very happy that this beauty gets preserved 10M$ is an insignificant and irrelevant prices to pay to preserve history and teach it first-hand with a precious artifact and monument

[@Ydrakar]

Just a 10th of the price to put up. If I could repair my truck 80 years from now for $4,000 I’d say thats pretty good.

[@rogersmith4308]

Great job Ryan! Ryan S has been posting fascinating insights on the battleship NJ channel

[@Marc83Aus]

The battleship new Jersey Museum and Memorial receives operating support from the new jersey department of state, as well as a number of businesses and private individuals like us. They really appreciate the support, there is a link to the channel somewhere idk this is youtube a suggestion will probably pop up after watching this video.

[@Stacie45]

She made a port call in Tacoma, WA in the late 1960's, I think she was returning from Vietnam. My Dad took me on a tour. I was about 7 years old.

[@kenrinear9239]

I took my tour last Sunday. Incredible experience. I have been following "The Big J" since I first saw her at the Navy Yard 58 years ago.

[@bsullivan7]

My father was a Sailor on a nearby ship in early 1943 when the New Jersey Fired all Nine Main Guns during her Shakedown Cruise. He said it was an Amazing Display of Sight and Sound.

[@discombubulate2256]

Ryan is the real MVP in this dry docking. dude has cranked out a video every single day since she's been there.

[@mioryderoncgnp1589]

Such an iconic ship!!! A marvel of American ship building!!

[@mikeking7381]

That’s one old battle wagon I haven’t visited yet I hope to one day 👍🇺🇸

[@hisaddle]

All 4 Iowa's are museum ships.

[@phil20_20]

OLD!

[@richardhughes6492]

The biggest of her class! Shipyard welders from South Jersey made her a little longer than her 3 sisters!!

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Ryan!🤙

[@karstenn.1430]

A living legend 😊

[@Roadsaftyslowdown]

Thank God, a Journalist that knows a unit of measurement other than pounds or elephants.

[@rogerwilco5918]

The only country that uses pounds is the one that has their flag on the moon.

[@archcrump7256]

Great to see history preserved, instead of cancelled by college students

[@rogerwilco5918]

What do college students have to do with canceling history??

[@DavidVelleux]

@@rogerwilco5918 , They destroy statues, without concern for history.

[@rogerwilco5918]

@@DavidVelleux Are you referring to the Confederate monuments to treason and slavery?

[@jasonmoran7425]

Today is April 20. I’m 1 week out from taking the dry dock tour!!!!

[@ChizAfterHours]

I'll be there next Sunday. Can't wait to take the tour.

[@svgproductions72]

Just did the tour on Saturday (4/20), nothing short of amazing!

[@georgegraham9206]

We might need that ship soon. I'm glad its on our side

[@q95oldies57]

Love how you present things, and explain it well. I usually listen on shortwave radio. WWCR.

[@quocdo1063]

Amazing love and respect to all workers

[@Chris03121957]

@scotttild No, not billions and no, not restoring. Their budget is $10 million to perform long over due preventive maintenance on the hull. I believe half the funding came from the state of New Jersey and the rest came from donations both large and small. The ship is now a museum and it takes lots of willing volunteers and many generous donors to keep her floating.

[@aserta]

Internationally at that. Proud to have contributed to this piece of history.

[@mikezaid3219]

Getting her ready for filming of Battleship 2 !

[@scarlettuwu9582]

Iconic for the entire Philadelphia area 🙂 Honestly also reminds me of ‘The Space battleship Yamato’ anime series (which got an updated remake several years ago ‘2199’ which is really good 😊 )

[@Richnineteenseventyone]

Hats off to you yanks looking after your history.

[@jopiaspieder1184]

Good to see the New Jersey at sea again

[@iwishluckybugger7623]

Beautiful ship!

[@NeroontheGoon]

Look at the miles of teak on that deck! WOW!

[@daleharvey3278]

Yes ..and pitty the deck apes who had to holy stone her

[@dpelpal]

Awesome!

[@TheBigExclusive]

How do they paint the bottom of the hull that's covered by the blocks holding up the ship?

[@jeroldeddins1209]

They refloat it and move it a few feet then lift it again to paint the bare spots.

[@Direwolf216]

An excellent question and one that Mr. Ryan says he gets very often.

[@AndrewJacobson-cq2om]

Wish i could go see the Ship in Drydock but i live to far away....

[@glenhutchcraft7351]

The Big Stick will sail once more i love it!!!!...she is a mitty ship, she is awesome to be fitted with new weapons and missiles with lasers will be nasty mean ship if she must go into harms way.

[@tonyrollman3991]

Always on watch ! Vfa-137

[@CrazyDee279]

Station in Philly when the USS Constellation (CV-64) was in SLEP program. Did a retirement on the Missouri there.

[@jonhawkins7510]

All 4 of them should be re-commissioned

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Wonderful video!!❤️❤️❤️

[@lawrencemartin24]

I drove past the New Jersey for years when it was docked in Bremerton.

[@kennethstretton5308]

wow this is fantastic this maestic ww2 battleship to be saved

[@gcodex19]

Ryan!!!

[@Jay-hj5tl]

We have to save our history good job :)

[@K-Effect]

What a beast!

[@barrychiarello8493]

Will it be fully operational? We need Fully OPs!

[@benjaminguilatcoiv]

Good they're giving people jobs again

[@ajax5117]

I wonder how they work on the sections of hull underneath the supports holding it up in the drydock

[@jeroldeddins1209]

They refloat it, move it a few feet then lift it again and paint the bare spots.

[@chiefbobdavis99]

Save em, don’t scrap em! ⚓️🫡🇺🇸

[@Jose-it2xx]

Here’s a battle ship that represents American 🇺🇸 Pride and simple of Freedom. God Bless America 🇺🇸

[@hisaddle]

Well done vid. I subscribe to the curator's channel.

[@rdm5190]

To be restored is a step towards reactivation.... she may be needed again someday

[@TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN]

No its not. And under absolutely NO circumstances would the Navy ever seriously consider reactivating either of the 4 BB-61 Class.

[@spikespa5208]

It'll happen when Satan has to be treated for frostbite

[@timothyhouse1622]

LMAO...no, she is not. Bless your heart.

[@jeremiahmendez3318]

The low weapon range and maintenance costs make reactivation very unlikely

[@robertdegeorge3762]

You are correct. We are restoring WW2 era ships because we may need their analog systems to defend the country. With threats of nuclear weapons being used by Russian, Iran, China. We have been quietly been working on these ships. Do a KZbin search on it. There are reputable sources reporting on it.

[@PatrickCrossfire.]

It's been admitted by shipyards that Ships like this could not be reproduced these days because many of the factories which made parts like the 16" guns no longer exit.

[@kuehnel16]

Wish I could see and experience this 😪

[@russellmoore1046]

Go big NJ!

[@richardknott2021]

This ship is being restored for what it was built for..not a museum piece..

[@kaileysweeney4240]

Perhaps the New Jersey and other mothballed ships should return to service to fill the large gap between the number of ships being decommissioned in coming years and the Navy’s goal of maintaining a surface fleet of 381 ships. It could be a great deterrent in the Pacific theater.

[@rogerwilco5918]

We don't need cannon fodder on the modern battlefield. Do you know what the range of an anti-ship missile is? Way more than the 27 mile range of those big guns

[@Lollygagger-k4p]

It has been suggested and rejected, based upon the logistics of just getting enough fuel into her. That's a truck that gets 5mpg, compared to modern destroyers that get 12mpg. She would need to travel with two oilers - just for her alone. Other concerns are the simple age and wear on the machinery itself. In preservation, it can last a long time, but these ships were buit with a short life span in mind, and to justwin a war. Re-tooling does not even exists anymore, and no arsenal builds the 16" shells, leaving the originals from the 1950's which can be unstable. Even if they removed the big guns and turrets, as well as all below deck suypporting structure, and replaceed all that with 300+ vertical launch tubes, the engines and related gear are all still very old. While it is certainly fast enough to keep up with the fleet, repairs would be complicated and no replacement parts exist. Making it into an Arsenal Ship by removing the turrets and most of the super structure would be awesome, but modern subs are more effective at that, and theyare already paid for as wellas being almost impossible to find and hit.

[@SomeRandomHuman717]

@@Lollygagger-k4p New Jersey's fuel capacity is approx. 2.3 MILLION gallons. That would last for four days at 33 knots, or over a month at 15-16 knots. In WW2, other than protecting the carriers, the other big job of the four Iowa-class battleships was to serve as a "gas station" for the dozens of destroyers accompanying the Pacific battle fleets. For the '80s deployments, this was still true--part of the recommissioning of the Iowas was conversion from bunker-C to marine distillate, what the rest of the fleet was using at the time. Not that I'm saying that New Jersey could or should come back, I'm just saying that your fuel argument is not a valid point.

[@Lollygagger-k4p]

@@SomeRandomHuman717 Fair enough. I was just going on what I read out there in public spaces. Fuel consumption was among the several anti-arguments.

[@rsgleason]

HUGE, Huge problem. The 'current" Navy of today is unaware that the Navy (years ago) accidentally sold the 16-inch barrel liners thinking they were just piping. You can shoot only so many rounds through those barrels before the 16 inch barrel liners need to be swutched out for new ones.

[@stevenewsome9185]

I absolutely love the battleships!

[@enrique88005]

Bring her back into service!

[@blick5815]

You gotta love her standing under the ship wearing a tank top but the required hard hat……for safety……

[@dusty7264]

Cool I always remember the battleship Missouri the Japanese surrendered on

[@TheRoxbury02119]

I worked at that shipyard about 3 years ago good management

[@sferris33]

Dali. That is how you do it. Where you sail under the bridge without destroying it

[@djchinot7229]

Getting her ready for battle

[@willeisinga2089]

USA has Battleship Initiative.

[@vonaroz4354]

If USA could make new battleships from scratch I don’t see restoration will a problem it’s just a piece of cake for theme 🇺🇸👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍

[@randycrews2154]

I wonder if the 16 inch guns could utilize rocket assisted projectile rounds to extend theirs range if the New Jersey was ever reactivated? I doubt that will ever happen due to cost but it would be awesome to see.

[@jaybee9269]

Yeah, they could be sabot shells.

[@christianvalentin5344]

I’ve read that there was a 11 inch GPS guided round that was under development when the Cold War ended. Using Sabots to fit the 16 inch guns it could’ve had a range over 100 miles. Probably didn’t get off the drawing board though or there might be more info about it.

[@jeroldeddins1209]

The ship has cruise missile launchers for longer range.

[@DiecastCentral-yg3fs]

The most decorated ship in world history

[@MarksChannel52]

Enterprise has more. She is the 2nd most.

[@tuxedotservo]

@@MarksChannel52 The CV-6 Enterprise, just to avoid any confusion some might have. There is a ship currently on the Great Lakes - the Lee A. Tregurtha - that was a transport during World War II and has 2 battle stars on her port side pilothouse.

[@ecoro_]

I wonder if they will use it again ...

[@dsm9785]

wonder how they move the blocks to get at that section .

[@Dfk429S9fo3]

They refloat the ship and move it a few feet.

[@tuxedotservo]

The Battleship New Jersey KZbin channel has a video talking about that. As previously said, they re-float the ship and shift it forward a few feet. She also has special "keels" to support the battleship during dry docking.

[@jcstang8952]

No Strong independent feminists were present during the maintenance. Except this reporter, ofcourse.

[@animepower8460]

Woow so big navy ship

[@Netcentric-fk6ek]

The USS Boxer hasn't been to sea since 2019. An active duty ship delays, problems and cost hikes.....do we have our priorities straight?

[@rogerwilco5918]

Considering there hasn't been a relevant amphibious assault since the 50's, it's probably not a real high priority

[@richardlofranco2369]

Battleship are back hooyahjh!!!!

[@eagleeye7792]

go navy

[@benjaminkitaura498]

Wait until they recommission it for Navy Active Duty again!

[@yugo6262]

Build more....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@chrabcio]

Lots of Polish surnames in that dock :)

[@drew65sep]

Isn't the Jersey the same battleship that laid waste to Beruit Lebanon right after the US Marine barracks was bombed and collapsed to the ground killing over two hundred marines? (And, the size of that dry-dock is insane)

[@rogerwilco5918]

Yes. But a modern "Battleship" could have done it from way further away with tomahawk missiles

[@Inquisitor-Beals]

I’m sure they could do another overhaul and completely modernize the USS New Jersey, USS Wisconsin, and the USS Missouri.

[@rogerwilco5918]

Take the big guns out and find a way to put put modern missiles in it?? Wouldn't it it'd be easier to just design a ship made for modern missiles, like a Burke class..

[@Inquisitor-Beals]

@@rogerwilco5918 the big guns have more power then the ones on the destroyers and cruisers. The USS Wisconsin obliterated a North Korean shore artillery. Its escort signaled “Temper Temper” to the USS Wisconsin. And the Uss Wisconsin said the the North Koreans started it

[@rogerwilco5918]

@@Inquisitor-Beals what good is having more power if you're at the bottom of the sea before you get in range?

[@Inquisitor-Beals]

@@rogerwilco5918 our ships are never alone though

[@rogerwilco5918]

@@Inquisitor-Beals that's not entirely true, and how does that answer my question?

[@Gary-oy1ji]

That Battleship might be Old..but i guarantee, anyone that has ever been on the receiving end of those 16 inch guns, wouldn't want to go thru that again.

[@rogerwilco5918]

That all depends.. in a modern aircraft carrier you'll never see the rounds impact before the adversary is at the bottom of the sea

[@jamesraymond1158]

How great it would be if they could restore the gun, too.

[@TheWanderingEwe]

Just in case aliens come

[@Saved-by-Zero]

1982 I was in Long Beach naval shipyard. I was at Pier 6 while Ronald Reagan recommissioned the BB 62. I'm glad know that is okay

[@m1k3droid]

they need to modernize it with VLS, and other modern weaponry, along with the other iowa class battleships to reactivate to face off against China.

[@anonymousposter3570]

Awesome stuff.. But dont waste money on restoration when our Naval fleet is a record lows. If you're going to invest in the Battle Ship, update it with weapon/propulsion systems of today.

[@MrTmax74]

Let's update that puppy and get it back out to sea!

[@rogerwilco5918]

So it can get sunk by a modern antiship missile?

[@georges.7683]

Ideally, these ships should be permanently drydocked.

[@SomeRandomHuman717]

Permanent drydocking has the advantage of being the best choice to prevent corrosion, but eventually the structure of a heavy ship like this would start to "pancake."

[@SuperAgentman007]

Can you imagine a ship like this? Shooting it’s huge guns at A terrorist haven again. The nice thing is the Navy has these ships in such an order they could be reactivated if needed. It’ll just take time.

[@zackakai5173]

- "the Navy has these ships in such an order they could be reactivated if needed." No, they REALLY don't. That claim is firmly in "things people who don't really know what they're talking about like to repeat" territory.

[@firedogman2280]

@@zackakai5173 you know know the museum has it in their contract that the navy can take over the ship whenever, You also know that the procedures for mothballing it require it be kept in good condition for reuse?

[@KILLKING110]

@@firedogman2280 you do know that amount of money it would take to get a ship like the USS New Jersey battle worthy again wold be so great that it would make more sense to build a whole new generation of battleships from scratch

[@jarigustafsson7620]

The Iowa class BB's should be brought back to service, USN's missile cruisers cannot provide that kind of firepower they posses and one shell does not cost millions.

[@brenthill3241]

I gotta love some of the comments. Restored to active service? Essentially, the responses are No! Never! Not while I'm alive! Grr! Hilarious. Geez people. Take a pill. Just take a deep breath. Everything is going to be all right.

[@rogerwilco5918]

I couldn't agree more.. maybe we should just design a new ship with modern weapons? You know, like a Burke class..

[@racoming1035]

Restoring? Bottom paint and inspection.

[@aussienscale]

It is a planned maintenance period, they are not "restoring" the ship.

[@tidepod10yearsago97]

Battleships are my favorite type of warships, I don’t care if you call them outdated because of missiles and stuff, you can’t change my mind.

[@nole8923]

I still think it was a mistake for the pentagon to fully decommission these Iowa class battleships. They didn’t have to keep them fully manned and operated, but they should have maintained their battle readiness in case of an emergency. They’re the only ships that can continue to be operational after an EMP burst. They can even survive a nearby nuclear detonation. And anti missile jamming had no effect on those 16 shells. They can take a hit better than any other ship. They can also distract fire away from the carriers. I’m aware that these Iowa class battleships require about 2000 people to fully man, but the pentagon didn’t have to have them fully manned and operating. They just needed to maintain their battle readiness. We spend nearly a trillion dollars a year on defense. Much of that goes into a dark ops black hole that few people know where. Much of it to line the pockets of military industrial complex executives. And yet they say they couldn’t afford to keep these battleships maintained. If they did at least there would be something to show for all the money we spend on the military because today so much of it is unaccounted for.

[@rogerwilco5918]

I stopped at "EMP burst". The only way the make an EMP is with a nuclear detonation. That being said, all modern military equipment has EMP shielding. It's called a "Faraday cage".. We've known about this since the 1800's.

[@13Bravo77]

I'm surprised the media isn't blaming Trump for something but they will

[@josephpollard2725]

U Know really think , There getting her back to sail. She will be needed for these pirates an such sticking there noses out, wait to they just see this Behemoth.😮😮😮😢

[@sibhuskyguy]

STILL hoping the US Navy uses this opportunity with her already in drydock to modernize and reactivate her.....

[@Luke-ed1gp]

It'll never happen. This ship is incredibly outdated. There is absolutely no use for this as modern ships now launch missiles from up to hundreds of miles away. I may be wrong but i think the range for the battleship is around just 26 miles for the big guns.

[@sibhuskyguy]

@@Luke-ed1gp the upgrades in the 80's introduced cruise missiles to the battleship's arsenal..... that said just let me have my dreams! :P

[@cruisinguy6024]

That is never going to happen. It would take easily 2+ years in dry dock and around $2 BILLION. Waste of time and money for a ship no longer appropriate or survivable

[@sibhuskyguy]

@@cruisinguy6024 stop curb stomping my dreams!!! damn you people! :P

[@dmac5497]

Surely if we can send 60 Billion dollars to Ukraine, we could carve out a few bucks for the New Jersey 🤔

[@michaelanderson3096]

Manufacturing jobs = Right to Work legislation + Universal tariff rates.

[@scottwilliamtoombs]

😎🤔🤔🤔That is a lot of wooden scuffling! (0:51) Drop test will tell the side story...

[@NAVINProductions68]

Hello

[@beornthebear.8220]

The New Jersey reminds of the B-52s. She is still restorable after all these year. talk about gettin your moneys worth...