SS Norway Engine Room Adventure

As a passenger...I know it was off limits, but I managed to explore the forward engine room of the SS Norway during a cruise in 1990.

[@georgecarlinaffirmations]

Bravo, thanks to you a bit of history survived..

[@courtney6126]

This was about the time we sailed on her. She was a beautiful liner. I can’t believe you could just walk down there! It’s awesome you got footage for history sake though, considering what happened to her.

[@jrnandersgrnodd737]

Thank you for sharing. Was a Firefighter onboard for some years. The big blue was so much more than just a ship. Your video bring back so many memories from those years.

[@Hodaka90]

I did that same thing around the same time. What a great ship she was. Klaus was the crew member I enjoyed many excursions with.

[@willemvdr12]

Amazing, a steam ship. When you're in the engine room you can see all the moving parts... you can hear the engine's hard work. It feels like you're a mouse or spider... everything is so big...

[@sd906238]

Finally somebody that has a pair! Just walk in and act like you belong there!

[@Shipwright1918]

Did you get caught? An amazing experience...

[@TheCmrobbins10]

Badass!! I'm going on a cruise soon and I really wana get the whole "behind the scenes" expierence. I want to ask for a tour but I'm sure there's some kind of rule against it. Maybe I'll jut go your route about it lol

[@CruiseTalkShow]

TheCmrobbins10 You can't do things like that anymore on cruise ships because security has increased with cameras....you get caught wandering unauthorized areas security will send you back to passenger areas and you could get in trouble with the Captain.

[@nsboost]

Or in trouble with homeland security and the ATF. They freak out about people in these places now

[@TheCmrobbins10]

@@nsboost yea probably for good reason

[@wayne7071]

Worked on that ship in 1999 in Germany , Marcais & Barcelona. Amazing experience. Seeing the engine room brings back so many memories.

[@atllep98]

The brother to my grandfather was actualy the 1st engineer on SS Norway, seen many pics he has taken down there. A shame it got scrapped, now i'm just hoping that the SS United States dont get scraped aswell.

[@KnapfordMaster98]

Very interesting and alarming that you technically got caught at 4:45, but the person did nothing about it. Probably on some mundane errand that could have easily waited. It's really a shame that as the marvelous machines of the past aged, their crews became more and more laid back until it became dangerous.

[@cmsracing]

The best vid. ever! Brings back my 20 yrs. in the Navy! Thanks for posting!

[@EnchantmentOfTheSea1]

AMAZING !! Thanks for saving some history

[@haywoodbadman10]

mint video this video is now part of the ss norways history

[@veroniquepascal68]

J'ai visité la machine en 1970 accompagné par l'officier mécanicien, pendant une croisière, à pleine vitesse. Bruit et chaleur d'enfer . C'était avant le "Norway" quand il avait ses quatre turbines.

[@jmflyer55]

Nice little bit of history you managed to grab here. Nice job. You took this in 1990? Thought I saw that somewhere. Yes, in those days we could do such things, without the "threat" of severe consequences such as it is nowadays. Although, and many younger folk probably don't realize it, not very many people had a video camera in the late 80's. They were fairly large, and they were also quite expensive. Much More expensive relative to today. So, it was great you had a camera, whenever you took this, and took the chance of being "grabbed" and being sent upstairs or to the captain for a strong verbal reprimand. Nice work.... She was certainly a great old ship! JM

[@CruiseTalkShow]

+jmflyer55 Thanks, yes times have changed....can't do things like this anymore

[@TrevorBrass]

I don't see why cruise lines have a "explore the bowels of the ship" as one of their attractions.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Yet you watch this

[@napoleon12able]

Bravo

[@scottspilis1940]

I spent 38 years in coal fired electric power plants. The sounds and visuals are oh so familiar.

[@steinchenfilm]

Wow. my old workplace!

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

This was all sliced apart with cutting torches on Alang beach and turned into dog food cans, washing machines and reinforcing bars.

[@rictrexell2118]

Had you asked for a tour, they probably would have been glad to have someone show you around. I spent 3.5 years on a Navy destroyer mainly in the engineering spaces (engine room and boiler) so I don't need to see this stuff. I built a model of the SS France (later the SS Norway) a few years before I went in the Navy. It was only by watching a KZbin video that I learned of her fate a few weeks ago. It is amazing the amount of engineering that goes into making a ship, and to replace a blown up boiler is about as extensive as building a whole new ship.

[@choirboyfromhell1]

Seems like some things never change. Wet duds hanging on the fiddley. As a cadet I got yelled at by the C/E for dripping all over his EMD's on the Buffalo.

[@Lalfy]

Back then, had you been caught you would have gotten in trouble but because you did this the world is better for it. Since we have your record of the past. Good on you.

[@tylerfrederick246]

Why Norway got scrapped at all, I'll never know. but I will ALWAYS remember her.

[@dsciarrino3663]

I. Have. Seen. The. E N. Room. D A S

[@sinusgolf]

very nice this is history now.

[@MilanDupal]

Thank you for your post!

[@bdtthbnchrtnfevr8442]

Awesome!!

[@kennyo21361]

coolest job ever

[@mikeluvs2flie]

Very cool to see the steam turbine, reduction gear and propeller shaft of the fwd engine room, the shaft is not rotating because the fwd engine room was decommissioned and the 2 propellers where removed.

[@igedesutama3127]

That is my memory when i was worked there this is the blue hell ship

[@patrickjulian7429]

Dommage en anglais

[@Nupetiet]

It's not that exciting, honestly. I spend hours underwater every day at work, and it's not much of a thrill.

[@DocPhotop]

You have and had no business going where you did. "Oh, the engine room, blah blah". Well, you could have gotten hurt. It's not a playground for passengers. You're only along for the ride.

[@kippd2265]

DocPhotop and your lame,

[@nsboost]

Balsy anyways. I know that engine room was decommissioned. But you got to wonder if steam is still traveling down those pipes. That steam will peel the skin right off your body… cut a man in half. But I’m glad he did. Great video

[@Goetterdaemmerung86]

cope