World's Largest Aircraft Carrier ROCKED By Deadly Storm, Then This Happened...

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@billfarley9167 2 ай бұрын

Ex Canadian navy here: Doesn't matter how big a ship, those North Atlantic and Pacific storms have a way of making you feel small.

@aubreydrinkwater3236 Ай бұрын

And the Mediterranean.., that can be sheer hell..!

@JohnRoberts-ik5zg Ай бұрын

I was on a AoE . We cought thet tail end of a Hurricane in the Mediterranean and we was doing 39 degree rolls. We was 700 foot long

@Patrick-n6u Ай бұрын

@@billfarley9167 Im an ex US Navy sailor and I know all about the ocean and its size. Born and raised in the US tetteritory of the Marianas islands, the deepest ocean is our way of life. I was on the USS Lincoln when the 2004 9.0 earthquake happened in South Asia and the tsuinami only shook our vessel like and earthquake happening onboard but the reality of its force to the surrounding area was far worst than anyone could imagine that our slkipper extended our deployment for humanitarian support to the people of Sri Lanka and Thailand. The ocean was full of dead bodies that and land debries so he kept our Carrier miles away from the area to avoid any threat from the diseases. Trust me ex Canadian sailor, it doesnt matter how big the ocean or wave is. The aircraft carriers height width and ballance of boyaunce is at a value that makes it so hard to tip that vessel upside down. Four years on that carrier with two deployments to the pacific rim, we through every storm that came our way and never was there a wave that was big enough to touch both our hanger bay and our top flight deck. Do you think we would be stupid enough to station 84 military fighter jets and hillos if all was in danger from the waves of the ocean. The real danger is lose lips and enemy attack or personnel mishaps that done structual damage to the vessel.

@TheWayofKen Ай бұрын

Hecate Strait comes to mind.

@judyhouy5578 Ай бұрын

@@aubreydrinkwater3236not the size of the boat but the motion of the ocean

@albresso6992 2 ай бұрын

I put this on to watch aircraft carriers batting heavy seas, all I got was someone who is in love with his own voice

@dariuskathenge5389 6 күн бұрын

me too

@TheSwohtz 5 күн бұрын

Math & physics is hard for you?

@kozmosis3486 3 күн бұрын

@@TheSwohtz I have a physics degree. I came here to see aircraft carriers battling heavy seas also. Cuz its the internet? -_-

@janfitzgerald3615 Ай бұрын

My husband was a naval architect and marine engineer and worked for the DOD (Navy) his entire career. The ships have periodic ship checks, focused on important things like stability, ballast, etc so I’m pretty sure it would take an exceptional storm to cause damage.

@ralphscholz9533 2 ай бұрын

Rule number 1. It don’t matter how big your boat is. The ocean is way bigger.

@trafficjon400 2 ай бұрын

Videos is speaking for Gullible who don't reasearch enough. lol the titanic was the great unsinkable and surly no wave going to tip it over. lol

@Patrick-n6u 2 ай бұрын

Not true, I was on the Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Licoln when the 2004 Tsuinami hit Thailand. We were onboard when the Earth quake hit after leaving Hong Kong and all it felt like there was an Earth quake on a ship rather than rough seas. We might have been too close to the Earth quake to be rocked by the Tsuinami's wave but every rough seas we went through only rocked ship like a cradle. It made Sailers from the ship sleep like babies but Marines that were temporarily attatched got sick🤮 all night.😅 The wider the ship the better for rough seas. We would not risk keeping 64 fighter jets onboard with each amounting to over $100 million dollars while holding an inventory of spare parts in the same time if we were to tip over rough seas. Many times we just go straight through the storm. The only thing that could sure sink the ships are loose lips, missiles and torpedos design to do the job.

@FalkoneusGross 2 ай бұрын

Unless you understand Math my child. Grow up build something, you will understand.

@ralphscholz9533 2 ай бұрын

@@FalkoneusGross Aircraft carriers are big, but there are bigger things afloat. And some of them went down. Nature has many ways to take a boat down, specially one that doesn’t respect it.

@FalkoneusGross 2 ай бұрын

@@ralphscholz9533 Yes but they are way better balanced and their nuclear power plant can push them through waves at faster than 55 knots, Much faster. Their nuclear powered cells can create as much steam as you want for upwards of 20 years. This huge mass has perfect balance to launch planes in any condition. It has power plants and engines with unlimited power that can project it through any rogue wave.

@Macc1 2 ай бұрын

"We are going to the Moon, not because it is easy...but because it is hard" rings a bell here.

@wendellkeith2569 2 ай бұрын

I was on the first J. F. Kennedy Carrier in 70 as a Hull Maintenance Tech. and was standing sounding watch while the ship had a port list of about 3 to 5e degrees. I was told to recheck my soundings with another superior as some didn't actually take their soundings. They were afraid that we had a flooded compartment or two. Turns out the planes were not placed right and had too much weight on the port side.

@aubreydrinkwater3236 Ай бұрын

And I seem to remember that salt water has an up thrust of 64lbs; per cubic foot, as opposed to an up thrust of 62lbs; per cubic foot in fresh water. This one of the reasons that ships have a plimsole line painted on them so that you can assess how high or low a ship is riding when entering estuaries, so that they don't go aground. Just a point of interest, as an old seafarer.

@jamesbarbour8400 Ай бұрын

Interesting stuff that, thank you. 👍

@DarrellCook-u5m Ай бұрын

Thank you for that tidbit of information, you'd be a great conversationalist and have interesting things to talk about. I served on the USS Tripoli LPH 10 and was involved in Operation Eagle Pull in Hyphong Harbor (sic) removing mines. A third class gunners mate then.

@davidfrank2824 Ай бұрын

I really would have liked to see an aircraft carrier dedicated to President Carter. He turned 100 today and I think that would have been a great present for him. He might not go down in history as our best president there's no doubt that he will go down in history as a wonderful human being. Let's not forget less than 10 years ago he was still building houses.

@ChillWill-q5x Ай бұрын

Carter's Presidency is universally not regarded as having gone well. It's probably because he is actually an exceptional human being and American, and that doesn't mix well with our corrupt and incompetent government.

@edstevens4439 Ай бұрын

Carter was a master of the photo op. Showing him with a hammer doesn't mean ever hit a nail. Like he always carried an empty clothing bag when getting off the plane.

@JamesStreet-tp1vb Ай бұрын

I'll concede he's a good man but he was possibly THE worst president ever although Obama and Biden are giving him a stiff challenge.

@rmb02149 Ай бұрын

Well then. By that standard I should have a ship named after me!!!

@MahmoudWaz Ай бұрын

@@JamesStreet-tp1vbObama was not a terrible president. The worst presidents are republicans according to historians, besides Lincoln because parties changed. Trump and bush considered terrible presidents by historians. FDR , Kennedy, Clinton considered great presidents.

@ErikDWeaver Ай бұрын

Aircraft carriers, especially the world’s largest ones like the USS Gerald R. Ford or USS Nimitz, are feats of engineering designed to withstand extreme conditions. These massive ships, carrying thousands of crew members and numerous aircraft, often face unpredictable weather while deployed in the open ocean. When one of these carriers is rocked by a deadly storm, it’s a testament to the resilience and advanced technology that allows them to survive and operate in the harshest conditions.

@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys 2 ай бұрын

Great Video and as an old sailor that was stationed on a 255 ft. Coast Guard Cutter in Vietnam, I find it hard to imagine the size of The Gerald Ford Carrier~!!! We used to pray our little ship would withstand the 14ft. seas we encountered while going and coming to the different areas over there~!!! I liked and subbed also.

@buzzsawncgo2751 2 ай бұрын

Served aboard the Big E twice to Vietnam, Connie one trip to Vietnam and Ranger one trip. 1964 to 1968. The only bad weather of the kind depicted was aboard the Connie. On the way home we encountered a typhoon where we took green water over the bow on the flight deck. awesome ride. We had it good compared to the small craft. destroyers etc that made up our escorts. One of the destroyers pulled along side to take oil and the bridge windows (bullet proof) were broken out and the front gun mount a 5" 38 mount as oil caned in.

@MikeJohn-hh8no 2 ай бұрын

Hey I was on the ranger too. Did a couple of work ups and then it did it's last Ride. That ship was old as hell but I kind of liked it.

@buzzsawncgo2751 2 ай бұрын

@@MikeJohn-hh8no After being on the Enterprise the hardest part was getting used to stack gas.

@jonathanstewart4800 Ай бұрын

@@MikeJohn-hh8nowhen you Connie, do you mean the Constellation?

@MikeJohn-hh8no Ай бұрын

@@jonathanstewart4800 I was on the USS ranger. I've never been on the constellation.

@MikeJohn-hh8no Ай бұрын

@@buzzsawncgo2751 yeah we went through a typhoon outside of Japan. I've never seen so many people get seasick. But I was in the line shack so we had to go up and put 12 tie-down chains on each goddamn plane. And let's not forget the wing struts.

@darrylnoyer2101 Ай бұрын

Very informative. Nothing is guaranteed sailing the oceans

@Richard-Seekingwulf 2 ай бұрын

I was a master Helmsman and sailed aboard the USS Enterprise CVN 65 March 1975 to November 1978

@shirleyyoung1941 2 ай бұрын

Not everyone can do that job! Kudos to you! I hope they don't go with that equity garbage! Its a specialty job!

@timmyjones1921 2 ай бұрын

Thank You For Your Service.

@letitrest4662 2 ай бұрын

Did you get paid, or work for little as did previous generations who were drafted and "served" ?

@dennisfetko415 2 ай бұрын

I was on the big E when you were on. V-4 division. You did a great job during Unreps when we took on jp4 fuel. Pretty amazing the control both ships need to pull that operation off👍

@glicerioumali941 2 ай бұрын

I was onboard during that time, which we turn around to Kenya for Israel rescue in Uganda Entebbe International airport. I hope you remembered!!😊

@kathleencourcy1758 2 ай бұрын

Click bate never showed the storm

@RickC_ Ай бұрын

And showed CGI from movies

@tstatus1206 Ай бұрын

Thanks

@jacoblecoy3700 Ай бұрын

Which storms? There is always a storm going on someplace. The Pacific Ocean, the Grand Papa of all seas, usually as one or two brewing. And the Carrabbean usually has one or is scheming to send out a blow no one will ever forget.

@jacoblecoy3700 Ай бұрын

That Atlantic is sneaky. It adds the yeast, and butt kicking increase in windspeed within the funnel . And the bad tempered front and rear Funnel walls are the meanest elements. As if that's not enough, they generate twisters to tear up everything . And then there was Farsmuch, my fourth ex wide. When I come came home from important meetings, she can destroy every thing that even looks like a threat. If you don't believe me, ask Uncle Leo! He never speaks a mislie. Gonnin to bed. Alla yall have a great morning, and smooth sailing.

@jg5875 Ай бұрын

This channel is low quality with lots of mistakes and poor stock video

@PAPITO_49 Ай бұрын

I had a friend & we entered the Navy together (1968) he went on an Aircraft Carrier he was there for 4 years, he couldn’t get off until his enlistment was up.

@ronnieam33 12 күн бұрын

I was on the USS Ranger CV-61 back in 1992 and we went through a huge Typhoon off the coast of Japan and that ship barely even moved while we were going through it.

@UrsulaPainter Ай бұрын

Respect and appreciation to all who serve.

@frankalbergo4056 Ай бұрын

Ursula . . . Dunkashitz

@anthonymathews3872 2 ай бұрын

False titles make you lose nice comments or a thumbs up.

@anthonymathews3872 Ай бұрын

@beingsentient Made me smile. Have a good day.

@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers Ай бұрын

Really very interesting technology involved . Thank you for the vid.

@DavidTaufa-n6b Ай бұрын

I can only say that the mariners are very brave.

@Calcrusader Ай бұрын

I remember the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 1975. I was attending MTU in Houghton, Michigan and had to walk downhill to campus against the raging winds. Despite having a coat on, my clothes got soaked once I got to class. After class everyone just stood in the lobby of the building watching people get blown off the sidewalks on campus. Worst storm ever.

@darrencarr9837 Ай бұрын

You haven’t seen anything until you see a 10 story tall wave go past you

@ethereal8743 Ай бұрын

I've learned to love that battleship attempt at break- dancing with hurricane-made ocean swells. I was once on board a destroyer watching the waves' white bubbling ridges well above the ship's mast! For one inside an aircraft carriers -that's a breezy way of getting 'salty'!

@Straight.Factors Ай бұрын

Good to hear WATOP narrating other gigs. Just an unobtrusive reminder to hit the like button. 🤣

@Pozer714 2 ай бұрын

I served on the JFK CV-67 and we've been through some "heavy" seas and I can tell you the ship does list! Pretty bitchin' at night looking out the elevator well at the massively huge waves, it's literately "AWESOME"!

@JamesStreet-tp1vb Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service sir. I did 6 years in the navy and did my sea duty on a Spruance Class. When they'd pipe the "stand by for heavy rolls as the ship is maneuvering" I would head straight to the fantail. You're damn right it was bitchin.

@DarrellCook-u5m Ай бұрын

I was on the USS Tripoli Lph 10 and went through heavy seas twice on her, the best place was in the anchor room where the ceiling was around 11 feet tall and you could jump up and land on the ceiling if you timed it right. The other side was everyone getting motion sickness and the shipwide vomit trails. Still bitchin.

@linwooddabney798 2 ай бұрын

You made a serious mistake on what a stabilizer and where it is located. You showed the rudders behind the props as stabilizers. The stabs are midway up the hull and the size of rail cars

@linwooddabney798 2 ай бұрын

And this is by an air winger from USMC

@randysmitchell4810 2 ай бұрын

My comment from above: @8:27 - those are rudders - NOT Active Stabilizers (which are going to be on the sides, not fore & aft).

@bricefleckenstein9666 2 ай бұрын

@@randysmitchell4810 Stabilizers are normally at the "turn" of the hull, down near the bottom of the sides, on a carrier (or most other "displacement" hull ships). NOT "midway up the hull" normally, you want them low to maintain stability even in high waves that will uncover the middle of the hull at times.. The arrows ARE pointing to the rudders, as you talked about.

@outsider7658 2 ай бұрын

As a Ret. navy Officer, I will answer Your, rhetoric, question at 1.06: Why does a ship not sink? Because they are made of ship steel! Of course, that kind of steel floats. 🤣🤣 BTW, thank's for adding the "civilised" measurements in Your video. This makes a European happy, as a Engineers point of view. But You got something very wrong at 8.27: Those are NOT, stabilizers, but RODDERS! makin the ship turn! The stabilizers, are like side fins on a shark. Somewhere in the bow part of the hull, just like on the shark. They react in the opposite way, of the turn, putting downward pressure/force, on the hull in opposite way of the force, trying to tilt the hull. And, since being onboard vessels, half of my career, there are escape routes for the crew on surface vessels, from those watertight compartments. This might confuse "civilians", if not corrected, or? from a Finn in Diaspora

@AbdulJalilRafii 2 ай бұрын

Whatever steel you use it is still denser than sea water. Have you being taught Archimedes principle?

@bricefleckenstein9666 2 ай бұрын

It's not the steel that floats. It's the EMPTY SPACE INSIDE THE STEEL that floats. And you claim to have been an officer? Pretty DUMB answer for someone required to have a college degree.

@MrLanternland 2 ай бұрын

@@bricefleckenstein9666 He was kidding.

@bricefleckenstein9666 2 ай бұрын

@@MrLanternland And no reply to AbdulJalilRafi on the same subject? I was NOT the only one that saw that reply and thought it looked like a real answer.

@Mantreaus 2 ай бұрын

@@MrLanternland Funny how Common Sense is Uncommon Sense. Makes me laugh. Guess you have to be a Squid to understand Squiddly Humor.

@jimpowell2296 2 ай бұрын

I have been on a carrier and went through 2 hurricanes. Had no problems even slept well. Did not feel any motion while sleeping. On smaller ships you had to strap yourself in your rack. An aircraft carrier is very large and handled the storms nicely.

@MachinecoMachines Ай бұрын

Really sharp photography here. A good bunch of science, hammered home in easy to understand narration. I especially noted the part about ballast, as our tenant is developing extra heavy fluids for pumped hydro to gain more energy per foot of elevation. Maybe this which also be good as pumpable ballast. Years ago in the days fo sailing ships, they'd fill up with rocks to replace empty cargo. Good production values. Thanks.

@postaboks Ай бұрын

8:27 those are rudders, NOT active stabilizers! They are protruding from the sides, starboard and port side!

@J_L22 12 күн бұрын

I was going to say the same thing. Here's an up vote.

@MrChrisberens 2 ай бұрын

Very informative and easy to follow, just te3chnical enough. Impressive, Cost VS survivability.

@PatricioGanio 2 ай бұрын

The displacement of the water is equal to submerged object not in terms of weight but in terms of volume thus, the volume of the submerged object is equal to the volume of water displaced.

@ronaldhartigan1291 7 күн бұрын

I am IN this video! My GQ station was on the roof of the Captain's Bridge for weather observations. This story is in error as to the cause of the damage. As we readied for a GQ drill, enroute Viet Nam, a flight deck crewman parked an APU so the hot exhaust from it's compressor turbine discharged on a Zuni rocket, firing it forward along the deck. It hit a fully fueled and armed fighter, I believe an F-4 Phantom, spraying flaming fuel all over the aft deck. Eight 500 lb. bombs detonated on deck, killing 29 crew, injuring many others. All aircraft aft were destroyed, and eventually many pushed overboard on purpose. The sea and wind were calm, our speed relatively slow and straight ahead.

@terryherrera5252 2 ай бұрын

Too much info !!!!!!😔🙈🙉🙊 My Dad was on a supply ship in flotillas !!! He OFTEN told us loose lips sink SHIPS!!

@terrencemccoy8219 Ай бұрын

Most of that doesn't apply in this vast information age, China knows what the West has.., and not because they steal or are imbedded in the governments

@Mike-e2d Ай бұрын

I don't think that's what he meant lol

@terryherrera5252 Ай бұрын

@@Mike-e2d I am saying we give TOO MUCH info !!

@Bob1934-l6d 2 ай бұрын

A Aircraft Carrier is only as strong as its Battle Group. Without the Destroyers and Cruisers doing their jobs the Aircraft Carrier is an easy target.

@DennisMerwood Ай бұрын

In this age of hypersonic missiles these carriers are sitting ducks with or without the Destroyers and Cruisers. How relevant have they been in the last year? Totally irrelevant. Anachronistic weapons of WW2. A huge waste of money!

@emerkamp1 Ай бұрын

@@DennisMerwood "How relevant have Carrier's been in the last year?" You must live under a rock, One over by Iran right now. How relevant have hypersonic missiles been in the last year.

@GTX1123 7 күн бұрын

My Dad served 20yrs in the USN w 4 out of the last 5 aboard an Adams Class Destroyer. When his ship pulled into port after a N Atlantic cruise, I noticed the aluminum hand rails on the deck ladders that were supposed to be straight as an arrow, had all kinds of curves and bends in them. When I asked him about it he rather non-chalantly said "oh, that's from being hammered for days by huge waves in the N Atlantic". My 5' 6" Dad was suddenly 10 feet tall in my 9 yr old mind

@BB-gs5rs Ай бұрын

“Then this happened “ ooo the suspense, I can’t wait to find out

@timmyjones1921 2 ай бұрын

Thank You ' many Naval Crews arrived in California to learn how to operate the systems of this new aircraft carrier as well as other new naval ship systems, I enjoyed meeting many of them as they rolled in and out of California so I am very happy to view this video it caps off my understanding of this Aircraft Carrier.

@tanpengjoo7205 2 ай бұрын

MADE IN USA ALWAYS POWERFUL

@fredrossman1189 2 ай бұрын

good video,,brought back old memories. Thanks for that..

@billthomas635 2 ай бұрын

That pic of the crew walking the deck @ 0:35. Is it an "emu parade" [Australian] to clear the deck of FOD?

@MikeJohn-hh8no Ай бұрын

@@billthomas635 they named that thing now? Used to be a fod walk down. I was working in the line so even on base I must have done a thousand of those. And the flight deck.

@VK-zt6sw Ай бұрын

WOW - Pretty cool, thank you!

@edwaggoner7403 Ай бұрын

The "stablizers" pointed out in the video were actually the rudders.

@emerkamp1 Ай бұрын

They "stabilize" your heading. lol

@ronaldhartigan1291 7 күн бұрын

Thank you. I already posted something else, but also saw the "rudders". 10 years ago I took a cruise ship to Baja and was concerned about not having my "sea legs" anymore. But the stabilizers, like wings that fold into cavities in the hull when not needed, did an excellent job of smoothing out the ride. Very nice. Aboard the Enterprise it took me about 2-3 days to get used to the seas. Modern ships also have "bow thrusters" to assist in finer, more accurate, steering at slow speeds.

@Tony-gl8nd 2 ай бұрын

A war with the sea is one no one will win,you can survive a dozen battles with it but not the war.😮😢

@JamesStreet-tp1vb Ай бұрын

Something interesting here; if you put water in a plastic container and put the container in the water, the water in the container will be at the exact level of the surface of the body of water it's in.

@Scott-LeeSNagbe Ай бұрын

Wow! Great work done

@krzysztofbaus1311 Ай бұрын

These are amazing ships!

@Thomas-jp9kq 2 ай бұрын

Like an iceberg, there is a lot under the water keeping it from capsizing.

@billfarley9167 2 ай бұрын

Except all ships have a maximum roll before they go over. Medium sized aircraft carriers are about 28 degrees. Anything over that you're history. Was in a storm in the Gulf of Mexican and we were rolling 26 degrees a few times. Lost a few aircraft washed over the side. Scary moments.

@ronaldhartigan1291 7 күн бұрын

Yes, but it still looks odd, from the front, that the flight deck is about twice as wide as the beam of the hull. Just looks "top heavy," despite the physics and technology.

@MiltonFindley 2 ай бұрын

If you had ever seen one of these things in a dry dock you would know why they don't topple over.

@ronaldhartigan1291 7 күн бұрын

Enterprise in dry dock in Bremerton, Washington, ENORMOUS propellors, solid brass alloy, about 20 feet in dia. And 4 of them.

@ranmangage830 Ай бұрын

When I was on the Lexington back in 1980 when we went out to sea , i never got sea sick being the carrier was huge, and it was the smallest carrier in our fleet.

@bmclean2083 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video…well researched and super informative. I did a civilian tour of the USS ENTERPRISE when she was docked in Vancouver BC (early 1980’s). This video explained so much and in layman’s terms…thank you! One question though…where’s Steve : )

@TheDavidlloydjones 2 ай бұрын

You have Archimedes' Principles backwards at around 1:15. The body displaces the water. The water doesn't displace the body. (After the first sentence, you're pretty much OK. The first is just a silly slip.)

@AbdulHafeez-cq6oo 15 күн бұрын

Amazing Naval engineering

@MachinecoMachines Ай бұрын

About 1984 we took off for what turned into a hairy 6-week adventure on the high seas off the E. tip of Dom Republic. Exocet, our 52-ft catamaran. was storm tossed the first night out and even broke a jib sail. beating Northwest out of Santa towards in the middle of the night. Though heaving and rocking, I was trying to sleep, in the bunk of the right hull- I useless task with the sound of the rigging slapping, waves splashing on the hull, and the twisting, rocking random motion. Yet I was not seasick!. Later up in the Bahamas with seas higher than the bows and similar troughs despite the boat walking yawing and rocking- I guess I'm lucky- in the entire trip, including almost crash landing coming into the Florida dock in a storm, I never once experienced seasickness. Maybe the Navy should try a catamaran Aircraft carrier. 😁

@alfredagreen336 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, learned a little about science.

@nem447 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I always appreciate an American channel that also uses Metric!!!

@warrenpuckett4203 Ай бұрын

Yes there are storms north of the 45 that have 60-90 knot winds 100 ft plus waves. In a frigate we said we should get sub pay. Over one wave and through the next one. Makes you wonder why there is no nonskid on the bulkheads and walls. It does happen pretty often. The weather channel does not seem to know about them. Yep the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska does get a bit rowdy at times. The North Atlantic does that too. I guess a carrier can get like a cruise ship. Probably do not hear this very often. "Secure gear adrift. Close all water tight doors and hatches. Stand by for heavy rolls."

@noalternativefacts Ай бұрын

Mother nature rules... I was on the USS Enterprise CVN-65 after a typhoon, and we were rocking big-time! It was scary, but we made it and it was a very interesting sleep experience! 😂

@ronaldhartigan1291 7 күн бұрын

Yes, shipmate. I was a meteorologist aboard during that storm. A couple of days out of Pearl Harbor I believe. And the smaller ships had to turn back to Pearl for safety reasons, but the E plowed through. The anemometer in the weather office pegged at 100 kts, upper limit, so we didn't know what the actual wind speed was. As you know, the ship was completely buttoned up and all equipment and personnel inside. I had to wear a safety harness to step outside the Signal Shack for brief observations. The flight deck is 85 feet above the water line on the hull and we were punching through the tops of the waves. So I was reporting 85 foot waves. If we had gone parallel with the troughs it might have been another

@noalternativefacts 6 күн бұрын

@@ronaldhartigan1291 So awesome to hear your thoughts on the event we both went through! Being young certainly helped out! 😂

@6YJI9 Ай бұрын

While I've never really gone out to sea at any point in my life (best I could maybe recall is 10-15 miles with a USCG cutter for a couple of hours), I don't see myself being scared of the ocean, being on an oceanliner, cruise ship, naval vessel or even by myself on a sailboat. But that doesn't mean I don't respect mother nature or get cocky with the ocean; I have the humility to know that while there are hundreds if not thousands of years worth of engineering experience to make ships safer, at the end of the day you are still at sea and you are but a guest in the ocean's eyes. I don't even see it as a sinking ship from enemy naval fire as the danger (unless you're caught in the explosion), you're simply alive because the ocean wants to keep it that way, and vice versa if the ocean thinks differently of you and you aren't so lucky.

@331SVTCobra Ай бұрын

The bulbous bow does increase stability, but for clarity, this video is about roll stability, the bulbous bow addresses pitch stability.

@TheHawk--oe8iq Ай бұрын

Returning from six month deployment, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, a standing order was issued over the 1MC for "non-essential personnel to remain below deck." All four elevator doors were closed. The birds on the roof were all tied down. Walking across the hanger deck below was like being in a bass drum, and waves slamming against the hull was the bass drum mallet.

@romanocaturegli5448 2 ай бұрын

Excellent job.

@Timothyshannon-fz4jx 2 ай бұрын

One hopes these test are non destructive and do not start damage that can cause problems later

@140acresretired7 Ай бұрын

Carrier ROCKED By Deadly Storm missed that part

@LeSudiste-m2q Ай бұрын

Archimedes' law does not mention the weight of the volume of water displaced, but of LIQUID. It is not at all the same thing.

@guysabol8743 5 күн бұрын

saw a vid of the North sea.. tween UK and sweden and denmark. those crews deserve total credit shallow 250 ft basin and N Atl above UK and So o f UK rolling wavers of thunderous heights. the songs sang were elequent

@mememe6442 2 ай бұрын

Great video!!!!

@gulfmarine8857 Ай бұрын

Ive been in some pretty high seas. Its amazing!

@Robert-w3d Ай бұрын

USS Coral Sea CVA 43 road out 2 tiefuns . I was on board 71 to 75.

@CB87. Ай бұрын

Is this a real person or a.I.? So good 👏👏👏

@rachaelcastillo1065 2 ай бұрын

Interesting info...

@douglasbrooker5834 2 ай бұрын

How many shows do you narrate beside this and Watop

@paritoshdaurwal9484 2 ай бұрын

😂

@drjamescv 2 ай бұрын

Aircraft carrier is not the ultimate. Along the same line of the security principle of NATO, Russia's principle could be direct or indirect attack on Russia by any NATO member is considered an attack by all NATO countries. Hence, NATO's main effort now should be to pacify the members than to promote war.

@archangel0137 2 ай бұрын

What can topple the USS Gerald R Ford? In REAL WAR, a well aimed missile barrage can do enough damage to put it out of action, and even sink it. A 9/11 style attack by a pilot or targeted missile or drone at the ship's tower will do the same thing. I think that's part of the reason why our UK government isn't too keen on building more aircraft carriers. If the ship gets hit, 40+ aircraft + hundreds of sailors and crew lost or killed. Plus they're horribly expensive just to build, not mentioning maintenance costs. They certainly look nice, but in reality, they're massive easy targets which need to be heavily protected by Frigates, destroyers, submarines etc

@cubed0724 2 ай бұрын

@@archangel0137 If a missile could touch the USS Gerald R Ford than yeah, but it won't happen. Contrary to popular beliefs by idiots, carriers don't stand still but they move fast which make them harder to hit. Also the carriers can launch multiple aircrafts with missile that would easily intercept the oncoming attack. The Houthis tried a missile and drone barrage many times and all attempts failed LOL. Whatever ordinances the enemy thinks they need to destroy a carrier, the US strike group has more than enough ordinances to defend the carrier. And if any nation touches a US boats, well do a history check on what the US has done to nations that touch America's boats.

@christopherchick6419 2 ай бұрын

@cubed0724 Restrict their jet fuel for a short while, and guess what happens? The Houthis have already damaged an incoming fuel tanker used to supply a carrier in the Mediterranean. That fuel vessel had to beach itself. Without jet fuel, our carrier's jets become useless. Sure, a carrier is hard to take out but they need tons of jet fuel, their fuel sources are far easier to take out. No, I am not rooting for this. I am just pointing something out that our enemies are quite aware of.

@cubed0724 Ай бұрын

@@christopherchick6419 The US has their own strategic oil reserve. They don't rely on the ships that pass through the Red Sea.

@christopherchick6419 Ай бұрын

@cubed0724 That's not my point. My point was getting jet fuel to the deployed carriers. We could have all the strategic fuel reserves in the world, but what good is it if we have to struggle to get it out to the carriers? Enemies of our government's plans have already proven that they can slow down this jet fuel getting to one of our carriers by knocking out one of it's incomming jet fuel supply ships. Furthermore, besides jet fuel, there are munitions and food transsports that need to be protected. These transports are far more vulnerable than a carrier strike group. Our enemies have proven this.

@neiloevocati Ай бұрын

I've been on several Aircraft Carriers and Tankers but the Biggest complaint was Bug Juice , Pork Role and Breaded something

@jerrydillard2430 Ай бұрын

Served on Saratoga and Kitty Hawk. Yep! They are huge. Saw cami seas and rou

@ranmangage830 Ай бұрын

If you haven't ever been on the huge ships you will never realize how as big as they are float.

@geoffreyrothwell2707 2 ай бұрын

My son-in-law was assigned to Ford, but it spent so much time getting fixed, he got reassigned (now teaches guns to reservists). At one point the men in charge wanted to send it out into a hurricane so see how it would do. Brighter minds prevailed. So, we still don’t know how it would do in a hurricane. What do you think? Hurricane ready?

@ShipOnTheSea1 Ай бұрын

I recall that saltwater has an upthrust of about 64 lbs per cubic foot, compared to 62 lbs per cubic foot in freshwater. This difference is one reason why ships have a Plimsoll line painted on their hulls, allowing sailors to gauge how high or low a ship sits in the water when entering estuaries, preventing the risk of grounding. Just a little seafaring trivia from an old mariner.

@justinegorski2703 Ай бұрын

Rudder testing is wild

@thomaspollock-ek4vn Ай бұрын

Did ya ever see a 100'+ wave? Very scary stuff!!! Lake Superior? Edman Fitzgerald?

@Gpacharlie Ай бұрын

Great physics lesson.

@Billy-cs4cc Ай бұрын

Should've named it after Jimmy Carter

@kidtask Ай бұрын

Would it had been better to have 2new carriers with the same built in safety features

@adrianovasconcelos2739 Ай бұрын

Preceded by a very long ad on a power-saving device.

@kenyatatribble342 2 ай бұрын

247 MILLION POUNDS???? And can move at speeds over 35 knots?? Incredible!

@ghostgardenfarms 2 ай бұрын

They are awesome ships , I was stationed on the USS America CV 66 one of the last oil burning carriers, she was just a couple feet short of being a 1/4 mile long, needless to say I didn't get to see every space on the ship , they are small cities on the ocean

@DennisMerwood Ай бұрын

Speed up to 35knots! Full speed ahead! There is a 5,000mph hypersonic missile tracking us! Yeah right! Its a joke folks! We are pissing billions down a rat hole!

@pvtbuddie Ай бұрын

8:55 to 9:56, they touch on two historic storms and one sea-roll with a significant wave, on three different carriers. They don't mention if they were all the largest carrier at those respective times.

@ChristopherSmith-j9x Ай бұрын

I wouldn't call it an inverted pyramid

@jfz972 2 ай бұрын

Interesting 😊

@loraroark3327 2 ай бұрын

There was a story my father use to tell if being onboard the Intrepid in a typhoon....waves elevated a telephone length above the deck was pretty hairy

@jennifertate4397 Ай бұрын

Faznat'n. Thanks! 🌊🌊🌊

@scottbdivers724 Ай бұрын

It's called (water displacement)... It sinks to the level of it's weighing.. I have seen the Forrestal CV -59 out of water in Philadelphia Naval shipyard. They are in a big concrete hole. They pumped out the water. Measuring the water volume is how you figure the weight. It's not weighed on bathroom scales. She was 89,000 tons of water displaced in the big concrete hole.

@Robert-w3d Ай бұрын

Less than 1% Americans have seen the sun set from the deck of a U.S. Navy Ship I have 😊😊😊.