Inside Battleship NJ's Engine Room #3

In this episode we're taking a look into Engine Room #3 which contains the main control board for all of the engines on board and the aft evaporators.
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[@cspdx4326]

Ryan - I just wanted to give a shout out to the incredible job you're doing! Not just with using social media to bring attention to the New Jersey, but with your knowledge, ability to educate and make these stories and bits of information really come alive. Thank you!

[@stevedoe1630]

I second this. I am sure a lot of preparation goes into these videos, but Ryan seems like he could discuss this type of stuff off the cuff, without any preparation, in a thorough and informative manner, when he needs to. Next episode… the lore of engine room coffee!

[@ChadBIsRacing]

@@stevedoe1630 I want to hear more about the 'lore of engine room coffee'!!

[@mattminson864]

Thanks for having these tours of my ship the battleship New Jersey, I was an engine room number two... Thank you sir much appreciated

[@catman351]

Many folks don’t know New Jersey’s stillborn sisters, Illinois and Kentucky, had their plants salvaged and used on the four Sacramento-class AOE supply ships. When a call was made for BTs to man the four reactivated Iowas, they had ready trained personnel who cut their teeth on the Sacramentos. The four ships of that class were: The Sacramento (AOE-1), Camden (AOE-2), Seattle (AOE-3), and Detroit (AOE-4).

[@DaveDaDeerslayer]

They were Sacramento class AOE's. I was on AOE-1.

[@josephstevens9888]

I've heard that before.

[@Vile-Flesh]

I didn't know that. Very interesting!

[@paullund4321]

I was on Camden, "we're #2 we try harder"

[@SMOBY44]

Resupplied several times with the Sacramento in the 80's. Worked with a guy about 20 years ago that served on her as a BT.

[@duanem.1567]

I was a USS Missouri EOOW in the late 1980s. We had basically the same setup for "Main Control" in #3 Engine Room... a stool to sit on, a small table for log keeping and manual storage, and a larger gauge board than the other engine rooms. We didn't have a booth until ship's company built one in 1989. It was insulated with the over head air duct directed into it and a large window facing the gauge board. That was great because it was much quieter than being out in the engine room, so the EOOW didn't have to wear hearing protection and could hear comms much better.

[@TalkingWithChristine]

Imagine my surprise, opening KZbin and seeing not only a new video from the NJ, but that I know the guy in the thumbnail! He was a good friend of my dad.

[@davelewis3255]

On the News our main control was in #1 engine room. The control panel was located across the space just forward of the main turbine. I remember how we changed our shaft speed up and down by one turn during refueling detail to keep the ships perfectly aligned. Tearing away a refueling hose was not a good thing. When we came into port we would use the screws as well as the rudder to manuver. For example we'd go from 1/3 ahead to 1/3 astern on the outboard shafts as we approached the pier. A good throttle man could shut off the ahead throttle and open the astern to brake the shaft and get it spinning astern pretty quickly. Our captain set up a "flank speed right now" signal by running the telegraph from stop to flank speed three times. That meant that somebody was shooting at us and he wanted the ship to accelerate as quickly as possible. It takes a little while to get a 23,000 ton heavy cruiser up to speed but we gave him all that we had without pulling the boilers off line. Better than being hit by NVA artillery. Our phone booth was lined with asbestos soundproofing. I know that went away some years later but in 1972 if the red lead paint or the agent orange in the drinking watet didn't get you, the asbestos would. When you're 19 you think that you're indestructible. We hope to get back east this summer since there's less paranoia about travel. The wife may want to find something to keep her busy but I plan to walk up the brow and request permission to come aboard.

[@donaldpiper9763]

I Was on the USS Oklahoma City CLG5 ,we got too sail around with you out on the gun line and up and down the coast shelling and being fired on . Main control forward engine room 71-73 . Never got to see the New Jersey,she left Nam in 69 and was decommissioned.

[@kevincrosby1760]

@Dave Lewis, if YOU thought tearing away a refueling hose was a bad thing, think about how WE felt. Before my time, but my ship was most likely one of the oilers on the other end of the hose... IC2 USS Kansas City (AOR-3)

[@colinsteam]

Half ahead to half astern is a pretty easy situation for the boiler room guys as the engine room basically shuts ahead and opens astern throttles.

[@adp33]

I was on the USS Farragut, Uss Canopus, and Uss ES land which is still in operation today. they were all Steam powered Ships and i was a MM in the engine Rooms of all 3 between 1983 and 1995. They used the same equipment as the NJ in this video. With the Exception of the USS farragut having a 1200 psi Boiler system. The other 2 ships used a 600 psi Boiler.

[@senecanero3874]

Chief Makoi did a good video on how this is done in modern cargo vessels

[@Greenlantern115]

Ryan's gonna fire it up this time. I'm sure of it.

[@Mark-rt3uf]

How about a video that covers the noise levels in different parts of the ship. Maybe include the engine/boiler rooms, the gun house when firing ect.

[@lookingbehind6335]

The only mechanical noise on the ship is air conditioning. It’s not an active vessel.

[@JoshuaTootell]

I think he meant when underway @@lookingbehind6335

[@Strelnikov403]

Engine Rm #3 is the natural place to put Control as it's right in the middle of the plant. It gives the EOOW a shorter walk to any given MMS if they have to investigate a fault with the roundsmen, and the central location allows them to relay comms from one space to another in action if the direct lines are severed. The same thing is done when locating the machinery control room on modern warships. That's also why you get a phonebooth, so engineering signals (helm orders, speed alterations, etc) can be made to and from the bridge in an organised manner during GQ. I bet all the ship's service phone circuits in the booth have redundant sound-powered outlets nearby as well for the same reason. (Edit: yup, loooooads of nearby sound-powered.)

[@micahowens3038]

I was assigned to Main Control ( Main Machinery Room #1 ) aboard the USS Austin. Our fire room and main engine rooms were combined. The only difference in boiler feed water and the drinking water is the chemicals that were added to it.

[@blucy10]

I was going to say the same thing, Micah. But when he said “make up feed” I smiled.

[@francisginese3500]

Hi Ron first I would like to say I enjoy your vidios very much your doing a great job . When I first went onboard the USS Randolph CVS15 in Jan of 62 my first watch was the shaft alley watch . Once an hour I had to inspect every spring bearing on the main shafts. these bearing were of the friction type, they had a dip stick so you could check the oil level and you held your hand on the bearing for 10 secounds to check the temp. What type of spring bearings were on the jersey and how were the checked? Several years ago you gave my son and I a personel tour of the ship and again I want to thank you for it.I will be sending you a donation to help with your finances .

[@oboewankenobo8675]

Great job your video team does each week. In all your internal vids you can’t help but notice the miles of piping, cabling and ventilation ducts that are present. Maybe you could explain how these parts of the ship pass thru different water type compartments and still keep the integrity of said compartments.( If they really do?) I mean closing water tight doors between compartments is great but how do you stop fire, smoke and water from just traveling along these areas where they pass thru the bulkheads?

[@terryrogers6232]

I've wandered through one of Battleship NC's engine rooms to get the feel of it. However, this Battleship NJ view made me understand some of what I saw even though I think there are quite a few differences. I can see why this ship cost so much to run. Almost no control moves without someone turning, pushing or pulling it. I've automated some industrial processes and equipment in my career. Every time I was able to reduce the number of control points/valves (etc) using computer algorithms (equations) for the same or better system control. A newer ship of similar size with a much smaller crew and fewer valves etc. with less maintenance must have more room for fuel, ammunition and arms. NJ and NC must have hit an operating expense limit even before they wore out.

[@jeffprice6421]

Automation is great, but it doesn't do the right thing when it takes damage... These boats could fight through and win. A modern boat with no crew? Maybe not.

[@schwenk929]

My favorite part of the videos that feature the men who operated the systems is when their memory springs to life . They first say "this is the , uh RPM gauge and umm ". Then comes the moment it comes back to them and in a flash they are now ready to lay waste to a target as if the last 30 years never happened . Then com4s a very precise telling of how the equipment works as well as their personal tricks and work arounds to get shit done quick .

[@donsvideos1985]

Lots like the propulsion plants on Essex class carriers. I was a Boiler Technician on Lexington from 83,- 86. The closed steam cycle. = Generation, Expansion, Condensation & Feed. We also ran 6000psi B&W M type boilers. Stick shift. Plant layout was forward Aux, then #1Fireroom (boilers #1&#2 side by side), #2 Fireroom boilers #3&#4 side by side) #1 Engineroom also known as Main Control. Then #3 Fireroom (boilers #5&#6 facing each other to make room for the shafts from forward engine room.) Then #4 Fireroom (boilers #7&#8 also facing each other) then Aft engine room with #3&#4 main engines. The Aft Auxiliary Machinery Room. The deairrating feed tanks were in the Engine rooms.. #1 engine room had the lube oil purification system and all lube oil was moved via 5 gallon oil cans I remember main feedwater pumps held approximately 50 gallons of 2190 TEP oil. That was a job and if the carbon rings went bad it was a long watch humping oil constantly...

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

Would be nice to have a CHENG or an ‘A’ ganger chime in…although you kick ass on every video 🤘

[@charletonzimmerman4205]

When you light off start at bottom, nozzles 1st, make sure "NO PUDDLEING". Or "BOOM", uptakes.

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

Not much in common, but I had the privilege’ to work on and help operate the steam plant on the USS American Victory, Tampa. I remember the ‘make up water’ valve from the distillation plant.

[@BlindMansRevenge2002]

Congratulations Mr. curator on passing over 40,000 subscribers!

[@jaybee9269]

Very cool! I’d enjoy a close look at the reduction gears if you haven’t done that?

[@Hothead7]

They need to start making videos like yall do over here with the North Carolina.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Pssst watch this channel weve got a big announcement coming soon

[@trieger50]

They probably put an evap down in the engine room because they wanted a hole-snipe to run it, not some filthy A-ganger.

[@SMOBY44]

I was a machinist mate in #2 engine room aboard a destroyer. Main Control was engine room #1. Never a dull moment with a 1200 psi steam plant.

[@marybabiec]

Keep me updated . Mary L Babiec

[@TheUsmc0802]

We all know you want to get one of those boilers going again, get with it!

[@shanejohns7901]

@6:11 That is interesting to me. 4 odometer style meters that are obviously analog....with another in the center that is mechanically determining the average of the outer 4!! In computer programming, that's an extremely simple thing to do. But how do you average mechanical odometers?

[@GeorgeMonet]

"I thought I was on a Star Trek ship...he's got all sorts of consoles in front of him" "Oh no!"

[@robmcconnell4702]

Central Control / DC Central where our Chief Engineer spent majority of his time on Big John CV-67.. Yeah I could see where one would think that as to star trek bridge ;)

[@TheSteelArmadillo]

How were cable paths made watertight when they traversed waterproof bulkheads?

[@BlindMansRevenge2002]

They are passed through metal conduit‘s.

[@TheSteelArmadillo]

@@BlindMansRevenge2002 right, but a metal conduit is just a pipe. How did they seal the ends? I assume they used watertight fittings on watertight equipment, but I see a lot of free wire that I assume must be terminated in another compartment or inside watertight equipment.

[@JoshuaTootell]

Everything goes through "stuffing tubes". The conduits were stuffed with a rubber like material to seal everything off. I don't remember what the material was (I never dealt with it), but it was visible everywhere.

[@TheSteelArmadillo]

@@JoshuaTootell what color was the rubber? We use a similar method at work, but it’s for fire/smoke, not water.

[@JoshuaTootell]

Oh, I don't remember. I never dealt with the material as I was a mechanic. 99.9% of it was whatever color ended up getting painted over it. My last ship was 30 years old by the time I served in it. My ship previous to that was 50 years old when I served in it!

[@CampKohler]

In the closing scene, there's a 4" hole just to your left in the board. What goes there?

[@artvandelay1099]

Did New Jersey have the ability to make smoke screens? If so how were they produced? Was it done by making the boilers fire inefficiently like discussed in the video about the boilers or was there separate dedicated equipment for that task?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnq4fneloJisaNE

[@artvandelay1099]

@@BattleshipNewJersey Thanks for taking the time to respond. Maybe I didn't phrase my question properly. Sorry for any confusion. Allow me to try again. Did New Jersey have the ability to produce tactical smoke screens like HMS Prince of Whales and other ships? As in, a purposeful production of smoke to conceal movement/retreat, etc. The Prince of Whales, outnumbered after the sinking of the Hood and out gunned due to jammed turrets disengaged from the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen and "laid a heavy smoke screen to conceal its retreat."

[@bocat7482]

Thanks I ran a chemical plant for 37 years, went to industrial boiler school early in my career. Used the same type of phones in the plant for years.

[@michaelruprich8610]

Had Kentucky been finished and served, could it have become a Museum Ship in the Commonwealth of Kentucky along the Ohio River? The Ohio River locks are 110 wide by 1200 long so they could fit in the locks, but would the 36 feet draft be too much for the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers? Would they fit under most bridges on the rivers?

[@QurikyBark32919]

I didn’t work on one. I’m 17 today and just love the channel

[@GuillermoHernandez-mu5mj]

Good job, Ryan.

[@tombriggman2875]

I served on a Mars Class Combat Store Ship that was commissioned in 1968. The Concord was one of the 1st Navy ships to have an automated propulsion plant. Main control was an Air Conditioned space in the hart of the main space. This spaced had consoles for the Machinist mate of the watch, the Boiler Tech of the watch, the Electrician of the watch and the Engineering officer of the watch.

[@johnd4348]

Must have been incredably hot to work down in the engine rooms

[@Techtronica99]

At 6:01, could we get a closer view of the revolution counter? I’m curious why shafts 1, 2 and average are so different.

[@jipjob1]

Thank you so much for your dedication of keeping these old ships history! I was a marine machinist by trade and worked on many old aircraft carriers that were models for the engineering set ups for our historical battleships. You sure brought memories back to me by explaining the basic steam cycle as I had to learn the whole system when I served my apprenticeship. From the simple model T I call them the Liberty ships to the fast attack nuclear subs I have always enjoyed the engineering aspects of all naval vessels. I got to tour or savage engineering parts oft the Missouri while it was at Pugent Sound Naval Shipyard and would always think of the thousands upon thousand of sailors that it took to man these great ships. Thanks again for your great tour of the control boards down in the snipes hole! Jon

[@benwelch4076]

So cool even more redundancies, just amazing.

[@wazza33racer]

Well a lot of those gauges and readouts look obsolete.........but I bet they were EMP proof!

[@waynekoepke8128]

i was a MM 3C on a gearing class DD 849 aft engine room B 4 we were the best yes i like the old navy better

[@ricktaylor6373]

I was in 1mmr on uss Kittyhawk63. We had 8 1200 pound units, etc. always fun. Making smoke and someone was gonna let us know😂

[@eliasthienpont6330]

I was on USS Constellation in 1967. I don't know about the engine room, I worked in the Galley. You want some donuts with that?

[@burroaks7]

super awesome as i am a nerd for mega machinery and what makes it work

[@rc6147]

Number 3 engine room switchboard was my battle station 1982-84

[@kenwiebe9860]

Articulate and knowledgeable is a great combo, nice work! Also you do a great job anticipating questions.

[@dreweisenhofer5985]

How often would all the engine rooms be operational? Would all 4 be on most of the time?

[@cruser69]

Usually all 4 were in operation underway. We did occasionally take one offline for repairs, but that was not normal. Traditionally we had 4 boilers, one in each fire room, all 4 main engines, and usually 6 SSTG’s, 3 forward and 3 aft, online when underway. If In-port aux steaming, only one boiler, both generators online line.

[@jamesstark8316]

As a steam propulsion EOOW (last ship was USS AMERICA (CV 66) I spent a lot of time concerned with boiler feedwater chemistry. Second big concern was keeping a level deck for flight operations up on the roof. Great times.

[@TheCrashley1772]

I was on the Monongahela AO - 178 and did a few unreps with the America before she was decommissioned.

[@jrwhynot3631]

my dad told me on their way back from westpac 1986, the ship was barely running 2 propellers wt a time it was in such poor shape

[@nate6692]

I love the idea of putting in vets stories! More of this in the future please!

[@craigbathurst1185]

My dad worked on a ship on the Great Lakes; a coal burner. It was a different type of ship to operate.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

They were desalinating water way back then wow. You would think they would be doing it on mass scale in the US by now.

[@joshuaholmes468]

I serve on Uss Nimitz our ETB looks similar 2 plant strong plant

[@champagnegascogne9755]

Somewhat of an irrelevant question here but, Did the New Jersey encounter a near collision between another ship during her service?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

She did collide with another ship once, no damage to NJ some damage to the destroyer. More notably, Wisconsin lost a huge chunk of her bow when she collided with Eaton.

[@champagnegascogne9755]

@@BattleshipNewJersey I remember a post about a freighter almost colliding NJ's rear back in '88, outside of Subic Bay as part of WestPac '88. Here's the original post. facebook.com/groups/iowaclassbattleshipsfan/permalink/1922918174530103/

[@fredkeele6578]

Didn't think gangs were allowed in the Navy. To think the A gang got the hot and noisy territory.

[@livingadreamlife1428]

Ryan - Once the show and tell stuff (which are great) has run it’s course, an alternative would be to contact or personally invite former (select) sailors or retired officers with special insight into a particular area of the ship to return at their cost for a discussion/interview. Would be interesting to hear from some who have firsthand knowledge and call anecdotally bring past experiences to life. My .2 cents….

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

We have over 200 of those interviews and more every week. Here is a playlist of those: kzbin.info/aero/PLALOZV63REeuCwSXu59LxGeDFv80GzVdX

[@livingadreamlife1428]

@@BattleshipNewJersey Excellent! Oh, and the show and tell stuff is good also. Thanks!

[@MrRandomcommentguy]

if you look at the interiors of this ship and compare it to the interiors of ships seen in sci fi movies, you realize the Nostromo from Alien is by far the most realistic

[@merlinwizard1000]

133rd

[@skinnylemur8238]

How do they clean out the salt and other particulates from the evaporator?

[@waynekoepke8128]

easy take it apart clean the tubes put it back together a fun job

[@frankconrad7323]

We Did a Chill Shock Procedure on the Evaps. You would put in steam until the proper temp...Hot was reached. Then you would run cold seawater thru those empty tubes . All seawater stuck would Crack and fall to the bottom catch pan. Pull it out and empty it.. Nice clean Evaps again. And will produce more water than before.

[@guyfay7678]

@@waynekoepke8128 I had a grandfather who did that on a Fletcher(McDermutt). Not his favorite job. He got to the ship just as the war was ending, letting some other guy get off the ship.

[@adp33]

I had to clean out a 6 stage EVAP on a Sub tender I was stationed on. they have manhole covers for each stage and large peices of what looks like steel wool blocks that goes in the upper part and the stages get schale buildup over time and we had to remove it using a scraper and pulling out all the steel wool blocks and shake all the salt resadue from them.

[@donjanus9641]

The guy showing the main engine gage board vacuum gage function I feel was in error. As I see it, HP steam from the boilers are piped to the HP thru the LP turbine blades which in turn is drawn to the main condenser, circulating sea water, though vacuum, which is turned into feed water. Thus the steam cycle. My experience with steam Naval vessels was at Long Beach and Puget Sound Naval shipyards as a shop 38 Marine Machinist, now retired.

[@judsonkr]

Um....no. HP Steam goes to the HP Turbine. That is why it is called HP Steam. Then when the HP Turbine extracts what energy it can from the HP Steam, it becomes LP Steam and goes to the LP Turbine, or in some cases it becomes IP Steam and goes to an Intermediate Turbine, via a Crossover Pipe. It would make no sense for the HP Steam to go to the LP Turbine and then to the HP Turbine. Think it through.

[@MonkPetite]

Spreading important apparatus true the ship makes it more redundant.

[@lightnin1989]

Closed system, so if you loose water you have a tube leak? Superheated boilers? Used to work at a coal fired steam station so some of the equipment I recognize

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Mostly a closed system. You still lose steam from dry cleaning, the whistle and a few other systems on board.

[@davelewis3255]

Not to mention steam and water leaks, loss through valve and pump packing glands, loss when the boilers were blown down (draining water from the bottom of the steam drum to remove sediment and impurities), and tapping a low pressure steam line to run a still.

[@nsconductor2007]

Awesome. I can see the principle of control is similar to the modern ship I was on yet so vastly different. On a modern ddg the EOOW is in central control CCS also known as DC central. He's their with a PACC operator Propulsion and aux control console, and an EPCC operator. The EOOW now days has all the info he needs on a couple of screens, so does the PACC and EPCC. Down in each engine room there is one operator in each at his own console that has similar screens and throttles to answer bells Like CCS can. It's fascinating to see how the battleships were controlled back then. I wonder if they ever did trailshaft while engines were down?

[@duanem.1567]

We ran all 4 engines all the time... it was very uncommon to have an engine down at sea.

[@jonathanstrogan482]

If you want to an all pneumatic engine room that belongs to the Navy's check out the ship called the Uss Charleston LKA-113 or the Uss ELPASO LKA-117. They are both engine rooms You need to see them before they use them for target practice. Both ships are across from you at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Never served, but that room does seem familiar to me, work in a coal processing plant, wouldn’t think a lot goes into the operations side of it but when I first walked into the control room it was intimidating, all mechanical gauges, switches and relay buttons with bulbs in colored lenses, got adept at running it after a while, learned you really had to operate it by sound and vibrations if something sounded odd you went to investigate or if the rhythmic vibrating changed, you knew something shutdown and to go find out, that board never quite told you what was wrong it only gave you an indication that the system was either on or off. After a fire that completely gutted the interior of both the plant and the control room it was all rebuilt and renovated, now instead of pushing a relay button and getting to hear that “click” I point a mouse at a icon on a screen, I have to say I miss the physical buttons of the old set up but the new control system is so much more user friendly and smart, it can give proper accurate indications for any faults or shutdowns

[@dcviper985]

I was on STETHEM and JOHN S. MCCAIN. Central control was run by a UYK-44 microcomputer.

[@tafgull53]

Very good Videio & interesting as well No I am not ex navy ok but a Brit who worked in Power generation for 40 years & love steam turbine as well also Happy 4th of July to you guys or cousins across the pond

[@claudeworks2637]

Great videos. I've always wondered about the relationship between the engine rooms and propellers/shafts. Lets say engine room #1 is out, does that mean shaft #1 no longer turns? And what if you lose shaft #2 and engine room #1? Are you down 2 shafts now? Or they do they cross-connect?

[@michaelbridges1370]

How long. Does it. Take to get up the. Steam enough to. Get. Under way. In battle. Station

[@stevedoe1630]

Steam plant = the _best_ teacher of the heat cycle. Just trace the pipes with a flashlight, and it will show you everything. Heat source, adding sensible heat, expansion, heat sink, heat recovery, etc. Need blueprints to see the heat cycle on a diesel or gas turbine… not impossible, just not as tangible as a steam plant.

[@johncooke4057]

Ryan, how did you become so knowledgeable about your shop?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

For Ryans background, check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3bFpGdnZa-oe6M

[@BornToPun7541]

I did visit some of the engineering spaces on the JFK one time (it was over 30 years ago). Pretty interesting to say the least.

[@robmcconnell4702]

We had an EOOW booth in each main space (JFK CV-67)

[@BornToPun7541]

@@robmcconnell4702 Did you by chance know a BTC back in the late 1980s/early 1990s named Terry Roberts? He served on JFK during that time frame and I've known him for nearly 40 years.

[@robmcconnell4702]

@@BornToPun7541 Name sounds familiar but I don't think I knew him

[@frankbarnwell____]

Went there on LSD 32 for great feedwater for coffee.

[@maxcaysey2844]

I love the videos, but It would be great to see some of the places from a bit further away, so we can see the things in its entirety... maybe zoom out a bit? Cheers!

[@stephengoff4885]

Thank you so much for doing the videos . I have been on the Alabama, but haven’t got to go to a Iowa class. So I very much appreciate you taking your time to make all of these wonderful videos. Really like all the first hand stuff from the people who have served explaining gages . I plan to start donating what I can to help.

[@NovaPlayzGames]

if it is super heated steam. they are technically called steam generators. people get them confused a lot as there are old steam cars that use super heated steam to. the system is called a steam generator cause a broiler operates at 350-500 F steam generators operate at 750-1200 F.

[@NovaPlayzGames]

higher pressures and such

[@donhagen2194]

I used to work on a tender and we worked on those ships in those stacks and believe me there's no way the terrain is going to get down the stack to the boiler it's just not going to happen there's too much heat and too much updraft and blow the water right back out the top of the stack so all you have a stock rods in there to stand on to work on those Stacks if you have to so it's not an easy chore believe me if not an easy short

[@jakessmallengines]

Interesting thank you !!! 👍

[@tflemming287]

You mention the emergency diesels often, is there a video on them? I presume they are for emergency electricity generation. Normal electrical power is off steam turbo generators? Do the diesels generators and boilers use separate fuel systems? Why not just use the diesel generators with some redundancy and forgo turbogenerators? Sorry too many questions, I know.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Check this out : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJS5dZd8qqZsd7s Yes, these are totally separate fuel systems.

[@tflemming287]

Thanks so much. I remember that video. Maybe it’s just me, but I think a lot of people would be interested in knowing more about the diesel generators. Type and make. Maybe a future video?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

They are Westinghouse GSP.

[@adp33]

@T.J. Kong Exactly.. we went "dead in the water" alot during GQ drills which resulted in loss of power and the emergency generator would power up just enougth equipment to run ventelation, lights, pumps etc. NO A/C.

[@jimmysparks315]

Thank you... now I know where all the fresh water & steam comes from.. :)

[@JimmyInKona]

just saw this after commenting asking for more info on the engines and their control rooms, awesome! loving your channel so glad I found it! hope I can visit someday

[@johnteska9070]

WTF did they did they do to my evaporator??? Looks like it was vandalized! Note to some No.3 was not ran to much due to if the ship was in heavy seas and on a good day only put out 800 gph and was a bitch to run. No1 & 2 1800 gph. But you could hotrod them and put 2400 gph very few of us could do it i think my all time record was 2600 gph But when you got down by the equator where the sea temp is much warmer you had to slow them all down or salt over and get a phone call from no. 3 engine room the chief engineer would like to speak with you. Will someone get down to forward diesel and put my baby back together. I can't help you my girl friend won't let me because of being in a wheel chair and would help getting down there. Cancer sucks more treatment friday.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Mothballing is hard on equipment

[@wouldntyouliketoknow9891]

3:52 the day the everyone on the battleship got dysentery. A day that shall live in infamy.

[@frankhollein7093]

I would like to see how the back side to the gauge board looks. There has to be lines,wires, and everything else going through the ship. Can you show some of the routing between the different spaces?

[@10Man90]

Love watching these videos we haven’t visited NJ yet but have Visited the NC a few time love them, Question tho: Can you do a video later on all the switch, knobs, lights, and the other things attached to the wall of the ship you see in the background of your videos, like the round tri color thing with holes (kinda looks like a old phone dial, I know it’s not tho LOL) , Thank You, And Thank You All for keeping this part of history alive, me and my kids love it and the videos

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

That is for casualty power, check out this video for how it works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5bMmnt3f7qoqKc

[@schoppepetzer9267]

What you do with all the salt?

[@lyman360able]

Wow you answered my question and I didn’t even ask it. Weird.

[@colosseumbuilders4768]

Ryan is the max!!!

[@jeffprice6421]

Would be interesting at some point to compare and contrast this powerplant with other ships of WWII. Destroyers were electric motors I believe driving the shafts with turbines driving the generators.

[@judsonkr]

No. They used a very similar setup.

[@woodhonky3890]

I never saw an engine.

[@keithrosenberg5486]

The design criteria notes for the evaporators might be available from the Navy.

[@Superuser009]

NGL, thought Ryan was wearing a dungaree shirt at first, lol.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

It is!

[@donsvideos1985]

@@BattleshipNewJersey they called it chambray work shirt when I was in.

[@mikesettlemyer5052]

cant use pee😂

[@matthewspindler2665]

Think it would be cool if it was possible to run enough steam through the system to blow the steam whistle from time to time

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

We hooked up our whistle to an air compressor. We use it regularly.

[@angelroque5985]

I’m a MM😎

[@67daffy]

Sound General Quarters over 1MC!!!

[@Joe55144]

So are the engine rooms still functional? Can you lit Nehemiah back up?

[@adp33]

may have to re attatch some water inlet piping for sea water cirulation, etc. I was stationed on a destroyer that was in process of being decomissioned after a deployment i was on. we had to block off allot of piping that goes overboard,etc.

[@drewfullhart1750]

What whistle was Ryan blowing in the video? Since new jerseys steam systems aren't active. Same with the stacks blowing.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

I believe they use an air compressor nowadays.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

The whistle has an air compressor that we use and the smoke in the stacks was from a fog machine. The fog machine was a short lived idea that was very impractical to continue.