The BEST Museum Ship Road Trip

[@humble_lion357]

Hey, iChase. Bit of a naval history nerd here. If you have time, I'd heavily suggest checking out the destroyer escort USS Slater. She's in Albany, NY, and she's a nice quick ship to go through. There's a decent bit of the ship available to see, and some rather interesting things as well. The people there are pretty dedicated. The 40mm Bofors, for example, can rotate, and are in decent shape. I myself have visited the Slater, and the other destroyer escort in the US, the Stewart. Also, the USS Texas (My favorite), the Intrepid, Lexington, HMS Belfast, and HMS Caroline. I'm happy you put up this road trip guide, it's given me ideas for how I may spend my free time next break! Thanks, man!

[@chrishughes4943]

My best friend and I have an annual tradition of going on the road to see museum ships. We did Boston, Fall River and Quincy in 2018. Our first trip was my favorite though. It was 2013 and I was between jobs, so I had plenty of time on my hands. I drove from North Carolina to Orlando, Florida to pick my friend up and then we drove to Mobile to see USS Alabama, then to Houston to see USS Texas and finally, we made the drive out to San Pedro, CA to see the ship that I served aboard while in the USN, the USS Iowa. Have to say that last stop was pretty emotional for me, as this was the first time I'd seen her since I left her in September of 1989.

[@ichasegaming]

Wow, that is one hell of a drive back in '13. Next time u can do Philly --> Portsmouth. Probably a 8-10 hour drive depending on breaks and u can hit up like 15 ships :D

[@chrishughes4943]

@@ichasegaming Actually, in 2017 I met my friend in Norfolk and we saw USS Wisconsin before driving up to Philly to see USS Olympia and USS New Jersey across the river. From there we drove down to Baltimore. This year, we are planning on visiting upstate New York, and we plan to see HMCS Haida as well.

[@ichasegaming]

That's fantastic! Do check on Haida's hours, they also tend to be a bit weird at times

[@ThrawnFett123]

Battleship Cove is pretty cool. They also have the bow of the USS Fall River a Baltimore class heavy Cruiser, most/all of a Higgins Boat, and a really cool museum inside. Plus the aircraft dotted around if you're a fan of military aviation. And oddly a really cool carousel too. Bit out of place but definitely worth seeing.

[@noahyetman4004]

I've lived in Fall River my whole life, and it's the only thing worth seeing in the city

[@ThrawnFett123]

@@noahyetman4004 I lived in New Bedford a long ass time, F$%# Durfee... I mean... uhhh... factory of terror was cool?

[@noahyetman4004]

@@ThrawnFett123 thankfully I go to school in Dartmouth not fall river and tbh I've never been to factory of terror. Durfee is cool if you want to see some kids with no future and armed in school

[@decodeddiesel]

I'm spoiled growing up in New England with all of the museum ships nearby. I've spent the night on the Massachusetts a number of times with the Cub Scouts in the 1980s. I've visited many museum ships and they never get old. My favorite is the Massachusetts and the Missouri.

[@jonathanbrady5243]

I live like 15 minutes away from Fall River so I have been to Battleship Cove a few times. The USS Intrepid museum is amazing, there it's hands on activities for kids that teach about aviation and navigation as well as tons of historic aircraft and signs discribing them. The. USS Constitution is fun, but the USS Constitutional museum that is separate is worth your time. The Groton museum is also fun, but small. These are all a great time and very educational

[@freetolook3727]

You forgot to go to Albany, N.Y. to see the U.S.S. Slater, the last surviving WWII destroyer escort out of 563 built. The ship is being beautifully restored by a dedicated staff of volunteers and ex-military personnel. They recently opened one of the engine rooms up for touring. Well worth the visit!!

[@shrikes45]

@iChaseGaming What a great video! I took a very similar museum ship tour on my recent visit to the US this last autumn! Started in Boston with the USS Cassin Young - The volunteers were so friendly and the one I was talking to asked me if I was going to hang around for an hour for the guided tour and just said, don't wait any more, let's have a tour in 5 minutes. I had a whale of a time there! Next was the USS Salem in Quincy. Pity you weren't able to go aboard. It looks rusty outside but the interiors are pretty decent. you can tell there is a lot of care put into maintaining her. It's more of a self guided thing, but I got to squeeze into one of the twin 5-inch turrets and the aft 8-inch turret. It was amazing. Went to chicago to see the U-505 and took the tour there. one of the last U-boats left in the world! last stop was California where I saw the USS Midway, where they had retired naval aviators talk about their experiences riding the cat or catching a wire up on deck. The last museum I visited was the USS Iowa. She looked amazing, and you could tell that the volunteers poured their hearts into her restoration. So, I got Milton Bradley Battleship Bingo with a Carrier, Battleshipm Cruiser, Destroyer and Submarine. I would encourage anyone to go see these ships! Be warned though that there will be a lot of climbing and squeezing through tight spaces if you want to explore the innards or the superstructure of these ships!

[@hurricano471]

It still bothers me that they scrapped the enterprise

[@joemama8]

It still bothers me that they scrapped the warspite

[@tspencer227]

CV-6, or CVN-65? Because there's no way they could have preserved the latter as a museum, unfortunately.

[@hurricano471]

tspencer227 CV-6

[@jonathanbrady5243]

It makes my blood boil

[@SoldierOfFate]

Sadly, the foundation that wanted to save her couldn't raise enough funds to buy her from the USN.

[@stefanlanger8271]

As a New Hampshire resident, I’ve been to all of these, from NYC to Portsmouth (I actually live in the town right next to Portsmouth so I drive by Albacore all the time). I even spelt aboard the Massachusetts overnight with my grandfather, all of these are great!

[@finol6127]

I’ve been around quite a few of the US museum ships, USS Olympia, New Jersey, Intrepid, Salem, a gearing class and although not a museum ship the SS United States of America. I can hands down say Salem was the most incredible with NJ as a close second. Salem is not really a major tourist destination so the men their will take you anywhere if you ask them. Although my favourite ship of all is the HMS Belfast in my home country the UK. It is just incredible.

[@davidkaminski615]

I visited Constitution and Battleship Cove 20 years ago. Not only do you see a broad array of ships, but also a broad timeline naval warfare starting from 1812, pre-modern era (with Olympia), WWII, and post-war. Another exhibit worth seeing is the U-505 in Chicago and comparing it to USS Silversides across the lake in Muskegon.

[@Boomax-rr5fk]

When I was younger, I visited Battleship Cove for about 6-7 years in a row, from when I was about 5 until I was about 12. Every year that I went there were still new things to see, a new room you hadn't seen before, a new exhibit that just opened, etc. To truly see everything in every ship, you'd probably have to go there for at least 3 days or more. I dropped by the Albacore on the way back from Maine one time, it's definitely worth the stop. Eventually, I want to take a road trip to visit every museum ship along the east coast, hopefully in a few years once I get through college.

[@epicmusiclvr]

I did the USS Wisconsin BB-64 stationed at the Nauticus museum in Norfolk Va. I believe she was the last IOWA class battleships built. She was part of Admiral Halsey's 3rd fleet. Impressive ship to say the least. On a side note Norfolk is home to the world's largest Navy base. You can see the carriers driving across the Hampton Roads bridge. I was stationed in Norfolk 45 years ago. Back when there were signs saying sailors and dogs keep off the grass. Remember getting drunk and having street fights at the Thirsty Camel and Purple Onion. Many a sailor spent time there. If you did share a story.

[@biggie1447]

Neat, I got to go see the Nautilus and then 2 days later got to go see the new Virginia class SSN USS Colorado. My cousin was the commander during her commissioning and we got tickets to see everything. It is really something that has to be experienced but seeing the difference from the first nuclear powered submarine and then getting to see the newest.... amazing experience. Nautilis is so cramped with narrow passages and a extremely cramped control room. The Colorado on the other hand had a lot more room to move around in and the control room is actually pretty comfortable if a little short. I got to use the new "photonics mast" and check out the torpedo room, galley, mess and several other rooms on board. We even got to go out through the airlock that navy seals can use to exit the sub underwater or where the crew can evacuate if the sub is stuck on the bottom. I may one day even get to check out a Ohio class as one of my cousins friends is the commander of one of the big boomers. Something that IChaseGaming didn't show is that the Submarine Museum actually has rings showing the size difference from the Navy's first sub the USS Holland and the USS Ohio. It is amazing to see just how large (and at the same time how small they are compared to everything else) submarines have become. 100% recommend.

[@bradyeverett9225]

Brother this June I did Corpus all the way up to Fall River. Took me two weeks. I saw Lexington, Texas, Alabama, Yorktown, NC, Wisky, New Jersey, Intrepid, and Massachusetts. It was the best trip of my life by far.

[@ecpcharles]

OMG I WAS VISITING INTREPID A FEW DAYS AGO TOO Happy new years!

[@ichasegaming]

Happy New Years! we might have just missed each other

[@Deano1927]

I was there recently also on the 5 of December. Happy new year.

[@bradbellows354]

The next-best warship road trip would start in Corpus Christi at the USS Lexington, from there go to Gavelston and Seawolf Park, where they have USS Stewart (DDE-238) and USS Cavella (SSK-244). Then go north half an hour to see the USS Texas, then head over to Baton Rouge to see the USS Kidd. Cap it off with a trip to MObile to USS Alabama Memorial Park. The entire trip requires 12 hours of driving, but the Texas portion could be driven in less than 5 hours.

[@EliteGeeks]

I just did the IOWA, it is like a Jungle Gym

[@ichasegaming]

Oh heck yes. Even more so if you got to go into the depths of the ship

[@epicrotfl7017]

I got lost on the Wisconsin. Those ships are huge!

[@tancredbey606]

I’ve lived here for a few years and never got to visit Iowa

[@EliteGeeks]

@@ichasegaming I did get to go in it's insides, even saw the only Bathtub on a battleship, and so did my wife, and the kicker was it was the first day of a vacation, the day before we got on the cruise ship for a week, and the smell reminded me of when I was a kid on the IOWA, that smell of old... I use to stoke coal boilers for schools in NYC in the 70s and 80s with my Grandpa... same smell - those of you who have been on a battleship know that smell I am talking about.

[@EliteGeeks]

@@epicrotfl7017 did the Wisconsin have a smell to it, like chemicals and burnt coal?

[@jack.w2532]

As somebody who lives in New England and is planning on doing this trip in reverse this year, nice vid Chase. I will say one thing though, you actually missed out on the Cassin Young, she's completely free and you get a guided tour of the internals and when I was there you were allowed on some of the 40mm Bofors and could rotate and elevate them yourself.

[@riderstrano783]

I live across the river from the Groton museum in New London, and if you're up for checking out some a working boat museum ship, take the cross sound ferry to orient point then take a quick 5 minute drive over to Greenport and check out the Fire Fighter! Served for 72 years in the FDNY (1938-2010) and was involved in every major fire on the waterfront from the SS Normandie fire of 1942 all the way to 9/11 and sully's landing on the Hudson. The ship is fully operational and we move around the eastern end of long island during the summer. or if you want to stay the CT side of the sound, you can always check out the Mystic seaport, which has a large collection of both wooden and steel hulled sailing ships, and even the last coal-fired wooden steam boat on this side of the Mississippi, SS Sabino. The admission, however, is not free and is a little pricey.

[@Trapster99]

Excellent run though. In the 1980's, as a Boy Scout, I got to spend the night aboard the USS Massachusetts.

[@AdamSteidl]

I used to be a tour guide at Wisconsin Maritime Museum on the USS Cobia, a WWII submarine. I want to see other museum ships sometime.

[@chrismartin5808]

I live in MA. Been to Battleship cove many times, Well worth the price of admission. The USS Constitution is the oldest active ship in the U.S. Navy. Ponder that when you go there. He says 8 hrs. However plan for a much longer drive from NY to MA. CT is a 8hr drive most days in itself traffic is a killer during the day

[@lordbreetai]

I work on the museum ship in Cleveland (USS Cod). My girl and I have been talking about a trip like this :D Thanks for this fun Vid

[@navyBtown951]

Nice, I used to work on (USS Turner Joy) during my late teens into my early twenties. Talk about a lot a work but that's what makes me remember my time bored.

[@mathewprime]

I've been to battleship cove, been on all three ships. went to see the USS constitution, USS Cassin Young, and USS Albacore as well. Well worth the visits

[@k98_zock_tv47]

The "Hiddensee" is actually a former East-German naval vessel, bought from the former USSR.

[@jefftuckercfii]

If you ever get the chance, in New Orleans PT305 is docked on Lake Ponchartrain just north of the city. She is an actual operational WWII patrol torpedo boat that was lovingly restored from the keel up at the National WWII Museum over a period of about 10 years. She is a Higgins PT boat that operated in the Mediterranean during the war. Rides are expensive because the price helps to defer maintenance and fuel costs, but she is absolutely amazing. You can do a lower cost tour while she is in her covered dock or pay a lot more and take the ride. One of these days I will ride her. She's come full circle because Higgins used to test these boats on the Lake prior to sending them off to war.

[@paulwojnar2291]

Been to most of these ships.. Honorable mentions. WW2 Destroyer USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, LA. The Brig USS Niagra in Erie, Pa. Commodore Hazard Perry's flagship of the Great Lakes Fleet during the War of 1812.

[@Cziro_]

JUST WOOOW! If I wanted to see some WWII museum ship in my country I'd need like 8 hours drive to the coast, where I can see 1 WWII era Destroyer, 2 hours more by the coastline and I am able to see few escort ships ( corvettes, pt boats) from the cold war era...I want to go to see all those ships is states T_T!

[@snakeplissken2018]

The USS Constitution is technically not a museum ship it's still on active duty although it's more ceremonious

[@bella_ciao4608]

if you wanted to make this stupidly long and basically a tour of the east coast, you could go see the New Jersey, go down to Norfolk to see the Wisconsin, keep going to see the North Carolina, and stop in charleston at patriots point for the Yorktown, Clagamore and Laffey. You’d be adding 3 battleships, an aircraft carrier, a sub and a destroyer

[@ichasegaming]

Yeah, I actually already did that before, so didn't need to do it this time :P This time was maximum bang for the drive kinda thing

[@bella_ciao4608]

iChaseGaming nice. hope you enjoyed the NC!

[@ichasegaming]

Yeah, NC was pretty awesome. I got a full tour of that ship as well :)

[@carlycrawford2713]

I live like 20 minutes away from the U.S.S Razerback in little rock arkansas. Its a baolo class like the lionfish but its not in its stock ww2 config. The razerback was sold to turkey and used for like 30 years in the turkish navy before it was sold to the city of little rock. Its cool as hell to see

[@nualanet]

Nice tour! Living in New England (MA and NH) I've seen many of them, all worth a few hours of exploration. U.S.S. Cassin Young still has some Kamikaze damage preserved. Also, around holidays like July 4th, we've toured current Navy ships at the Black Falcon Pier area in Boston. One was a modern version of an LST which was interesting. Between Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, Maine (Portsmouth Shipyard) you can see pilings in a row between Fort Foster and Wood Island Life-Saving Station... Those held anti-U Boat nets during WW2. Many of the U Boats surrendered at Portsmouth, including the infamous U-234 which was carrying parts and plans for various German designs and the U-235 for making Atomic Bombs... from defeated Germany to Japan. I might add that the New England seacoast also features a number of fortresses which can be visited for low or no cost. Fort Warren, Fort Independence, Fort Constitution (former British Fort William and Mary), Fort Foster, Fort Williams, Fort McClary... just to name a few.

[@gazlink1]

America has done its navy proud with this array of fine ships.. as a Brit I wish we'd kept as many, or not scrapped all but a few.

[@mac2626]

Went to visit another Balao Class WW2 submarine, some 20 years ago now i was only 5 or 6 years old, and i was on holiday visiting family in New Jersey it was a great day out the sub in question was the USS Ling, and i will never forget that beautiful old lady.

[@michaelmayo2489]

You should visit the Yorktown in Charleston, SC it is really cool and very well taken care of.

[@richardzhang2773]

Just went to see USS Texas in Houston Last week :) Sadly it is closed

[@stevenweller9413]

Almost lost me when you started with the Intrepid. Visited it 10 years ago or so and to me it wasn’t a museum ship (where the ship and how it operated are what you look at), it was a ship turned into a museum. Glad I did finish the video though and saw why you started there. Olympia and Buffalo Naval Park (USS Little Rock and USS The Sullivan’s and USS Croaker) are both great places to go.

[@steyraug2457]

The USS Cod is a fantastic museum ship to visit, right by the rock and roll hall of fame if you're looking for something else to do. I have a one hour video saved on my phone from the museum curator giving us a tour of the ship. Hamilton (Ontario) is a pretty cool spot as well, where the HMCS Haida and the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum are within 10-15 Minutes of each other. In Barrie Ontario there is CFB Borden with some fantastic examples of AFVs of several nations plus the oldest flying airplane in Canada (a 100+ year old Avro 504). There is also the armor Museum in Oshawa, Ontario with the largest collection of running armor in Canada. Now granted these aren't just ships but some great choices for museums to visit if you are nearby.

[@usnshiddensee1]

great video im a volunteer at battleship cove doing restoration on the ships there in particular the hiddensee the tarantul corvette and the battleship thanks for stopping by and putting us in your video if you ever are in the area again drop me a line and i can give you a behind the scenes tour of the ships or if ya ever want to lend a hand we can always use volunteers at our field days thanks

[@chrisclassic4992]

Thanks for this man greetings from Holland

[@EvoraGT430]

A little further away is HMS Belfast.....on the Thames in London.

[@genericdave8420]

Just on visiting New York. Go in May whilst Fleet week is on, You'll get to see a load of active US Navy ships. ( as well as the surreal site of New York looking like a musical with all the sailors in their service whites.)

[@avery556]

0:17 aged like a fine wine

[@rodneythurman6166]

For less driving and a much better climate... Wilmington NC to see the North Carolina. Charleston SC to see the CSS Hundley, CV Yortown; diesel sub; dd, coast guard cutter and Fort Sumter thrown in. Drive across to Mobile Alabama and see the Bama. About the same amount of driving....but arguably the better ships. (except for the Constitution...hmm...maybe your trip was better! )

[@Pallidum]

I wish I'd known this before my trip to the states. I did visit the USS Intrepid, USS New Jersey, USS Hornet and USS Turner Joy in my trip across the continent though.

[@ichasegaming]

For next time!

[@Pallidum]

@@ichasegaming Next time for sure. In the meantime I'll be working on our own museum ship, the missile boat HMS Ystad.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

I've been on USS Massachusetts!! It was my second time out of Canada. Made a while vlog out of it to.

[@satricv]

Oh, almost forgot, how many of you have been on the USS Yorktown? I was there on Navy day in 75' when she got "Commissioned" as a Musuem Ship. Even still have my memorial day ship cache, and plaque, and coins. They are all mounted and up on my wall.

[@Ravenheartless322]

Welcome to New England Ichasegaming the weather always changes here. From Massachusetts

[@ichasegaming]

I ran into sun, rain and snowstorm all within 24 hours ._. felt just like Canada

[@Ravenheartless322]

@@ichasegaming it changes every 5 mind it's common here

[@waylandcool]

I visited Buffalo this summer and they have a light cruiser (USS Little Rock) and DD ( USS The Sullivans) and a sub (USS Croaker). The ships are in good shape and very reasonable admission. The Little Rock is the last CL left in the US.

[@kevinmercier3614]

Battleship Cove is high on my list!!! Thank you for the Vid. Happy New Year!

[@wramsey2656]

Wow Ichase thank you for such a cool idea! I live in Kentucky so its a bit too far for me; however, when my health gets better i am a big fan of visiting Naval ships. Thank you it was very educational and good pictures also!

[@hond654]

Great trip! Probably i do similar but start at Philadelphia and going north. Salem is really in sad state, hopefully she will be saved a bitlonger.

[@willythemailboy2]

The only museum ship I've been able to visit was the U-505 at the Science and Industry museum in Chicago, and that's been close to 30 years ago.

[@winghungyuen2726]

You visited my state of Massachusetts! Hope you enjoyed it. We got a lot of vessels preserved.

[@ichasegaming]

It was a good experience, wish Salem was open though

[@winghungyuen2726]

iChaseGaming Yeah, Salem has been in poor shape for a while. Wish Wargaming could possibly team up with them to raise funds.

[@Wolfeson28]

Drachinifel wants to know your location. :)

[@PaulineLauren63]

Looks like a terrific trip, it is cool that you were able to see so many different ships and types without going that far. Thank you for sharing and have a Happy New Year!

[@ichasegaming]

It was awesome! :D Happy New Year too!

[@navyBtown951]

Before working on bored the (USS Turner Joy) while growing up in Washington I got to visit or see a total of eight ships so far. Thinking back I went on the sub's Drum, Blueback, Bowfin, Pampanito, the battleship Iowa, Alabama, destroyer Barry, (sadly missed out seeing HMCS Haida do to closed for winter) & the Victory/Liberty ships Lane Victory, Jeremiah O'Brien.

[@EvoraGT430]

All for way less than Puerto Rico, no doubt.

[@ScipioAfricanusI]

You missed Ling in New Jersey. I went there as a Cub Scout. In your summation you left off New Jersey, Becuna and Olympia in Philadelphia. What about the Liberty ship in Baltimore? The Firefighter (a New York Fire Department Fire boat). I have always really enjoyed the Ambrose (lightship at the South Street Seaport-New York City)

[@Karandar]

I love the old ships - Was great meeting you at HMCS Haida this past August iChase :)

[@davekimball3610]

Grew up next to Quincy, MA and still have family there, depressing to see the condition of the Salem. btw, you didn't mention why the ship is located there and how she, the Mass and the Joe P Kennedy were all built right there on the Fore River shipyard.

[@n0us.]

0:17 Oh if only you knew lmao

[@ralphliu34]

I've been on Intrepid and Growler, but we didn't get to stay too long before my parents dragged me off to the Statue of Liberty... Still super cool though! When I go up to New York again, I'll be sure to propose this plan to them! They'll probably make me drive, but it'll be worth it, I think.

[@ichasegaming]

If you do, let me know how it goes!

[@praoscrihdoe5463]

This is perfect! You read my mind! Im literally planning a trip up the east coast to see as many museum ships up the east coast as possible. I live in FL so i want to travel the whole coast bottom to top with my brother probably this summer

[@paulwojnar2291]

I was in Florida last year visited the USS Orleck. Longest serving US Navy destroyer though some of her service was with the Turkish Navy. She is moored on the St John River in Jacksonville. She is the first of more planned for their Naval Park Museum

[@o0SilverCobrao0o]

Missed out on a good one, Buffalo naval park in Buffalo NY. USS Little Rock the only guided middle cruiser on display in the US

[@ichasegaming]

Seen her three times already :) figured I didn't need to make another trip there

[@lexington476]

If you're ever visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio; check out the USS Cod. A United States Gato class World War II submarine. The best thing about the Cod is all of her original hatches are intact, she has not been cut open.

[@kevlarburrito6693]

USS Constitution used to be at the Intrepid museum like 20 some odd years ago. Remember seeing her come in as a kid.

[@n0us.]

dang east coast. I live on the west coast.

[@michaelgarcia6919]

If you ever visit florida try visiting the ss american victory it is a small cargo ship so it shouldn't take you a long time to walk her and if you are lucky she is sea worthy with her own power, she doesn't do the cruise all the time but it happens around the holidays. Also she is currently being cleaned up with new interior paint and if im not forgetting she was cleaned last year to reshow her camo (though from one side, we have to drydock her in order to get everything clean). It is kind of a shame that she is hidden though Ps. Im a volunteer at the American Victory so i don't normally know all of the events and cruises so please don't ask me, look it up in the facebook page Pss. I love your vids and i hope i get to tour any of those ships

[@richardbroome6405]

I didn't realize there were that many ships up there. I wish I was able to visit one of them when I was in the area a few weeks ago, but I had to attend a funeral service in Maine. However, I was able to visit the USS Alabama back in November. That was my first time seeing a museum ship and it was awesome! I took more than 500 pictures while there lol! The admission was pretty reasonable. The museum has the battleship, the submarine USS Drum, an aircraft hanger, and a few tanks on the premises. I spent the entire day there from not long after they opened at 9:00 to sunset at 5:00. Too bad there aren't any ships closer than a 6 hour drive from my house in central Georgia or I would do more of these tours. Maybe I'll be able to visit the Constitution next time I come up north for vacation in 21.

[@dirtyeric]

Go to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum near Charleston. www.patriotspoint.org/

[@Ravenheartless322]

USS Constitution is a good ship she still active naval ship she never been removed from naval registry.

[@richardbroome6405]

@@dirtyeric Thanks man! I'll definitely look into doing that one in the future. Between the Yorktown and Laffey, that's a lot of history right there!

[@satricv]

Have not been on the Mass. in quite the number of years. Do they still do the self guided tours, with the hand held radio looking things? that will tell you about certain parts of the ship as you get close to them? Thats how it was back in the 70's and 80's when I visited there 5 times, while visiting grandparents that lived in the area.

[@ichasegaming]

They handed me a map with all the tour routes and I went from there, not sure if there was any audio tours but I was okay giving the tour to my wife

[@ultimawherewolfavengers2829]

I’m going here tmr!- I’m happy af and I have not been in 2 years

[@streambotnt2095]

... I was in the Battleship cove last year in Autumn. 15 minute drive to Quincy to see the USS Salem you say? Last CA preserved? REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE why didn't I notice this? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Fuck its gonna take years until I can visit the US again

[@urlond9371]

That feel when All the ships are on the east coast, and I pretty much live next to the west coast.

[@267BISMARK]

excellent presentation. You are the thinking mans wargamer. Are you going to be visiting the tier 8, 9 and 10 soviet battleships too ?

[@SonOfAB_tch2ndClass]

@iChaseGaming is this all you used instead of Puerto Rico? :D

[@ichasegaming]

Yes :P why waste time with PR when I can visit a ton of ships on my list of to visit ships :D

[@SonOfAB_tch2ndClass]

@@ichasegaming One of my clanmates said he could take a trip to actual PR with that kind of money! XD

[@chapinporter5828]

Make a video about how for $235 you can go do all of this stuff if you live any where around here. Go to restaurants, do reviews.... call it iChaseChasers. Local history and the best bars along the way.

[@mishkata348]

@@chapinporter5828 he made one such video already. Go check it out if you want

[@lightspeedvictory]

If u r interested in other aspects of military history, there’s an air museum in Hartford, CT, Fort Trumbull State Park and Museum in New London, CT, Fort Griswold in Groton, CT, the Seabee Museum in Quonset Point, RI (call to double check hours), the Naval Warfare College Museum (requires a reservation) and Fort Adams in Newport, RI, the Maritime Museum in Fall River, MA, the Lexington and Concord battlefields, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library near Boston, the Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Springfield, MA (world’s largest collection of American firearms, check website for seasonal hours), Fort Independence (for u Fallout 4 fans 😜) and Fort Warren (requires ferry) in Boston, MA, and the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, MA (prepare to b absolutely amazed, open Friday through Sunday). If u plan on starting in NYC, I would also recommend hitting up Fort Putnam and the West Point Museum in West Point, NY and USS Slater in Albany, NY, as well as the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethage, Long Island. There is also the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park in Buffalo, NY and an air museum in Niagara Falls, NY across the state (along with a few old forts and battlefields in the area as well). Also b sure to search around for other local historical locations such as Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT, the Salem Witch Trials Museum in Salem, MA (iirc, there’s also an old sailing ship on display there) and Plimouth Plantation in Plymouth, MA.

[@cardeas192]

Actually Chase, you forget to mention there is also THE BlacKBird right on the USS Intrepid, that's also a ledgen

[@humorpalanta]

Plus as we can see on the images a Concorde

[@Anldiot69]

Never left germany in my life. Hope to visit the USS Missouri on Hawaii some day. But currently and probably for the next few years I'm out of time and money.

[@mihir1700]

This is how I will spend my holiday

[@anthonyware4033]

Can you do a CV video on how to play those. I have been watching your videos on how to get better at World of Warships and I think that's a really good series. I dont pmay the CV linr because i dont want to suck in one and make my team lose.

[@tfmatiax]

I already visited all of them 😇 specially the one the lives across the other side of my home, uss new jersey

[@joehaddow2746]

Happy New Years and hopefully this is a better year than last year

[@ichasegaming]

Hopefully! and maybe less dumb shit from WG :P

[@adamsteele8768]

2020 - i hope it will be a good year overall........ thats aged well lol

[@themacker894]

These are your best videos. Thanks!

[@ichasegaming]

Thanks!

[@detroitpolak9904]

I’d like to visit Japanese warships, but it’s so hard to get to the bottom of the ocean.

[@illinoiscentralrailroadfan6015]

Nautilus was the first nuclear powered ship in the world also

[@alaxbird4954]

It's a shame that Enterprise wont become a museum

[@o0SilverCobrao0o]

USS NJ is nice also

[@Ultrakillerism]

Great, now my long-postponed US trip got longer and more expensive *cries Europoor tears*

[@Pow3llMorgan]

Is the Tarantul a ship from previous East German service? Its name on its rear doesn't look Russian at all.

[@usnshiddensee1]

yes it is a former gdr vessel given to the us in 1991 for testing then to the cove in 1997 i work on her today she is my baby lol remarkibly intact her original name was ruldolph egelhoffer she got the name hiddensee when germany reunified she is one of 2 left in her class we have on at battleship cove the other is a penemude in germany

[@ChibiBritishDwarf]

Yup! Hiddensee served the East german navy before germany reunified- after that served a little longer for germany, before sailing to the US and serving a little bit with the US navy. And afterwards finally coming to rest at Battleship cove. Last time I went to see her though she had a bit of railing issues so she was closed at the time for safety reasons.

[@usnshiddensee1]

@@ChibiBritishDwarf yeah we had some rust issues with some of the railings but it is all repaired now the ship is going to reopen this april for the public but private tours can be arranged

[@chapinporter5828]

This trip is actually really fun. Never done it in one go but I've been to some of the ship museums. Its cool having so much history in my own "backyard".

[@CaptainSpud80]

Happy New Years man ... any chance you can give me a pointer on how to get mod station to work? I downloaded the actual game from the App Store on my Windows pc. I can’t find the wows file to find it on mod station ... any help would be great! Take care brother

[@ichasegaming]

Hmm, you should just be able to point the Modstation towards to World of Warships folder and that's it. Not sure how Windows App store does it though, maybe try the normal Wargaming Center app?

[@CaptainSpud80]

Ya I might have to down load off the official website... but I’ll try the drag method you just mentioned. Thank you for the reply I appreciate it. I have been trying to get mod station set up for a while now and I can only think that since I down loaded from the App Store the mod station isn’t finding the wows file cause it’s technically an app on my computer but idk ... I won’t loose all my stuff if I down load another version right?

[@ichasegaming]

Hmm...honestly I have no idea. You'd have to give a try. But assuming you normally have a "login page" when you start the game, and ur logging in with a WG account. Should be no issues

[@JClark2600]

Whats up with the blue & red dots at the end of the video?

[@ichasegaming]

I just noticed that...I think a rendering bug X_x

[@m2hmghb]

Sorry you didn't get your "I survived Camden" T Shirt Chase ;) I hope you had a great time.

[@ichasegaming]

Hahaha, yeah, it was great fun. More fun than dying to the PR grind

[@Tuning3434]

@@ichasegaming You could literally see the sanity slowly ooze out of Flambass over the course of his daily Twitch streams. He broke.... I myself got renewed appreciation for Rule the Waves 2. Still can't wait for your next "how to be better" episode though, as I do want to become consistently better, although seeing Flambass suffer I did realize that bad games will happen to anyone.

[@rmsjern]

Also happy new years

[@ichasegaming]

Happy New Years!

[@honeybadgerflys8162]

OOOOO concord

[@Wanys123]

*sad european noises*

[@ichasegaming]

:( there's some museum ships too...just not all bunched up I think

[@Wanys123]

@@ichasegaming London+Portsmouth would be doable...And in Greece there is Averof+a Fletcher-class in the same port...other than that it's all over the continent

[@Tuning3434]

@@Wanys123 London, Portsmouth, Amsterdam, Lelystad, Den Helder.... then Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Kiel. After you rented a car in Amsterdam, the rest would be fair easy drive: London: HMS Belfast Portsmouth: HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, Mary Rose, HMS M33 monitor, HMS LCT 7074 + museam Amsterdam: Dutch Naval museum + East India man replica Amsterdam Lelystad: the Batavia wharf - East Indiaman replica Batavia and the (postponed😭) build up of Zeven Provicinciën Ship of the line (both reconstructed using historical techniques); Den Helder: Dutch Navy museum: HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen (the original 'stealth ship' minesweeper), HNLMS Bonaire (19th century steam frigate), HNLMS Schorpioen (1860s monitor), HNLMS Tonijn (Dutch diesel submarine) - bridgehouse and gunturret of the HNLMS De Ruyter Guided Missile frigate (basically the 120mm twin-Bofors of the Friesland-class) Wilhelmshaven: German Navy museum: D186 Mölders (modified Charles F. Adams class destroyer), U-10 (Type 205 class diesel-sub), Weilheim M1077 (minesweeper); Bremerhaven: German Maritime museum: Wilhelm Bauer (last type XXI sub afloat); Hamburg: Rickmer Rickmers (3 masted barque), B-515 (Sovjet Tango-class sub/ U-boat museum Hamburg); Kiel/Labou: Laboe Naval Memorial: U-995 (last Type VIIC sub). Europe is a bit low on ships that get to the level of CV's or BBs, but still more than enough to fill your days.

[@papatango2362]

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