The Sand Locker

In this episode we're crawling from the Anchor Windlass room on second deck all the way to the very tip of the bow.
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[@mattblom3990]

Support this museum! As a Canadian several years ago I wanted some memorabilia but their online store wouldn't ship to me. I emailed them for help and the friendly lady who ran the store got me a UPS quote and delivered my stuff to the post office. That was touching and I'll support them best I can.

[@chrisgay4786]

thanks, been meaning to email them about a similar problem.

[@mattblom3990]

@@chrisgay4786 I checked the staff list but couldn't find the person who helped me years ago. Hopefully the new staff are just as kind.

[@IcthioVelocipede]

I continue to be amazed by the sheer number of rooms and compartments on this ship, most with apparently a very specific purpose. I half expect the next video to feature the 3/8" fastener hardware compartment, and on the other side of the ship is the 1/2" fastener compartment, while up towards the bow we find the 1/2" left hand thread fastener locker.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

I know this was a joke, but you wouldn't believe the number of rooms full of hardware that we have

[@IcthioVelocipede]

@@BattleshipNewJersey Actually I do believe that, I think we've seen some of those hardware rooms in previous videos. :) Is the ship divided up this way for structural/damage tolerance reasons and it just makes sense to use all these little rooms for specific things since it has to be laid out like that anyway?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

It seems to be that every group has their own own storage spaces so the machinist keep their stuff separate from the repair guys who keep it separate from the electricians. So its a lot of the same stuff in different places.

[@Zonkotron]

@@BattleshipNewJersey Makes a LOT of sense because Repair Personnel are "get it done" while machinists are "has to be perfect" type of people and them sharing equipment would probably be a really bad idea. Can kinda confirm from experience on a smaller scale. If you just use a lathe to chamfer a screw the cutter can be dull and chipped and it will work just fine. Turning to 0.0005".....yeah well :D

[@blakewerner4368]

@@BattleshipNewJersey that's just how the navy works,... komshaw, I'll trade you this tin of peanut butter for that 5 gal of deck gray.

[@gresvig2507]

Can't express how glad I am that there isn't any stupid sand left in there. I worked as a millwright's assistant at a concrete plant, and sand did horrible things to the inside of steel hoppers. Welding patches. All the time. So many patches. . .

[@ayayaybamba3445]

I swear this man is like the American cousin of Drachinifel. Similar hair, beard, and love of naval history.

[@richardmoore609]

One big difference. Ryan has a battleship, Drach does not.

[@michaelthomas3994]

@@richardmoore609 give him time. Lol

[@cbhlde]

Let's throw in Lindy Beige for a fun meeting! :)

[@Simon-ho6ly]

@@cbhlde oh that i would love to see

[@cmoore8658]

This is- actually accurate-

[@Amnix]

I'd love to see a video about the graffiti and other art by the sailors. When Ryan went to the armored belt, he pointed out someone wrote 'Kilroy was here Nov 69.' Is there any other graffiti with a date like that?

[@fko1]

The ship must have been a beehive of activity 24 hours a day. Always work to be done and people doing it

[@AJGladys]

Lipstick impressions would certainly suggest certain activities in quiet hours!

[@allenshepard7992]

I have been told "Busy guys have less time to fight, less time to be upset. Less time to think negative thoughts" Yes makes the cruise go faster. I was also told they would put a picture of an ugly girl on bulk head. As they days went by she looked better and better. (Comment was from Korean War / Vietnam era guy so it is not appropriate for today)

[@Marin3r101]

During WWII even more so 3000 men on ship compared to post war reactivations.

[@cbbees1468]

Couldn't agree more.

[@curtismsh9211]

@@allenshepard7992 I can attest that to be true. They called it "Deployment goggles" when I was in Iraq. I've got some really funny stories about that.

[@ComradeBenedict]

"STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP!" - Ryan, probably

[@ghost307]

Check out The development of the Naval Shell - Stop poking holes in my ship! on Drachinifel's KZbin channel.

[@carlwitt3934]

Turns out that "what's inside the sand locker", is the lipstick marks of a very popular stow away.😏

[@whirledpeaz5758]

BB62 was built in WW2, Im sure there must have been some Rosie the Riveters in the shipyards?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

We do not believe this is at that old, but we did have plenty of women who built the ship, about 30% of the workers in fact! We've interviewed a few of them, if you check out our Oral History playlist you can see them there.

[@anaetachandler8357]

Probably left by a rosie or female celebrity who left them there for good luck for the ship.

[@anaetachandler8357]

@@BattleshipNewJersey agreed most likely from the eighties retrofit. Lipstick can last but not that long ie WW2

[@anaetachandler8357]

What Celebrities visited the New Jersey during her career

[@PrincessPumps1]

What are the most unexpected or surprising items/artifacts the museum has found aboard the ship?

[@jerrywhalen2100]

How about the lipstick on the bulkhead wall

[@user2C47]

Or the hidden office.

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

I can't even imagine the noise in that space when the anchor was going up or down.

[@jamestheotherone742]

Probably permanently deafening.

[@jimwjohnq.public]

Louder than you could believe. I was on a carrier in the forecastle whe we anchored out. Loud. Real loud.

[@kainhall]

their are a few videos of anchor chains getting out of control...... chain brake fails, ETC and then the last "shot" of chain comes out..... whips around with TONS of force, ETC . even from these old, "shot on potato 12" vidoes show how LOUD and absolutely scary it is

[@kainhall]

here... i found the vid im talking about...... this was on the Tarawa.... a helicopter carrier ship

[@NavyCWO]

I served in everything from LSTs to CVs and if you are in a compartrment near the bow, once the anchor is released you can not believe how noisy it is!

[@ghost307]

Is filling and emptying the sand locker one of those fun jobs that you get assigned when you tick off an officer or do you just suddenly get 'volunteered' for it?

[@MrArron4]

Believe the term you are looking for is voluntold.

[@danielwright8490]

VolunTOLD!

[@csn6234]

Like being assigned latrine duty in the middle east?

[@charlesgantz5865]

You don't tick off an officer. You cause the officer to discuss your attitude with the Chief. The Chief then gets ticked off, since it interrupts his enjoyment of his cup of coffee, and you get "assigned" to that job. Actually, when the Chief gets ticked off, he then proceeds to tick off your First Class, then he assigns you to a job mutually agreed to with the Chief. They do have a Chain-of-Command to follow.

[@lukewarmwater6412]

yes.

[@kilikus822]

Ryan, that big piece of line you were standing on is called the towing hawser and as the name implies it is, in fact, used for towing.

[@user-wl7pj7xt4v]

Janky doesn’t do that ladder justice

[@dannygr8957]

I don't know if you already made a video of this subject, I would be interested in a video about the food that the crew ate. Because I think it must've changed a lot over the years and it had to be difficult when the new jersey was on sea for a long time. Ps: Love the videos you guys make

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKqsp5eceZiMmtU

[@dannygr8957]

@@BattleshipNewJersey thank you, keep up the great work

[@lukegreenworks]

@@BattleshipNewJersey can we see the ships air compressors?

[@ColKorn1965]

One of the volunteers on BB55 said to our tour group," They didn't eat Yuppie foods.....like Arugula."

[@robertthomas5906]

Has to be a story behind the lipstick marks.

[@StuSaville]

What happens in the sand locker, stays in the sand locker...

[@DeliveryMcGee]

I'm guessing they're from somebody giving a couple of the girls a tour when the USO did a show in '83. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)#/media/File:Julie_Hayek_USO_Tour.jpg

[@EdgarStyles1234]

two sailors having fun in that compartment xD left the lipstick!

[@garbo8962]

Thought it was a reminder to kiss your swert butt good by if you are locked in there and that and ajoining areas hit by a missle.

[@andreww2098]

Hello Sailor!

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

No woman on warships back then so no. Maybe a few nurses but they were off limits to the enlisted. Not enough to be related.

[@EdgarStyles1234]

@@xcalibertrekker6693 implying a man can't get dolled up

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

@@EdgarStyles1234 Fair enough. ;-)

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Camera person: please slow down on the ultra quick pans around, it’s quite dizzying.

[@jr5569]

YES, PLEASE SLOW DOWNNNN

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Ryan, I enjoyed your tour videos I have seen so far (including this one), and subscribed to see more. You asked what other parts of the ship we would like to see. So I offer this list of suggestions for entertaining video content: 1. Compartment where the "red lamp oil" is stored for the port running light, and where the "green lamp oil" is stored for the starboard running light. ;) 2. Where the sound-powered phone batteries are stored ;) 3. Where a sailor can get a "gallon of prop wash." ;) 4. Where the spool of "water line" was kept ;) 5. Where the "ID-10-T" forms were kept. ;) Anyone sailor in the USN would know about these special places. :)

[@Grumppant]

You almost need a fisheye lens to be able to capture some of these spaces! Great video

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

But really! If the fisheye didn't make people even more dizzy we would!

[@shorey66]

@@BattleshipNewJersey maybe a ultra wide angle lens? Not sure what type of camera you use though. With a wider angled lens you wouldn't have to plan around as much and it would be easier to orient yourself in the space. These videos are amazing. I'm binge watching the entire channel.

[@scottpenland3576]

Great videos! Having served aboard both New Jersey and Missouri I wish I had the time to see more of the ships spaces. Everyone busy with their work as well. Great history on these ships!

[@ericbengtson2822]

Hey Scott, cool to hear you served on New Jersey. How long and it wasn't enough time to see most of the ship spaces? What were your duties?

[@mytmousemalibu]

Sounds like an officers club in the Pacific! The Sand Locker

[@derkaderkaduh]

Interesting note, Iowa had her paravane gear removed at some point, but her crew rigged it back up in the 80s. Captain Seaquist discusses it in his interview with Drachinifel around the 48 minute mark.

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

@ 6:13, "paravain" is wrong :) and so is "wench". Methinks someone had some fun.

[@georgehopper7310]

I worked on the NEW JERSEY and the MISSOURI while they were at NISMF Bremerton and helped run alot the DH you are talking about. Also preserved the Main Engines. Booth impressive ships.

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

Yes both very impressive. Only able to see the Missouri so far up close. Are the engines maintained so they can be put back in service if need be?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

The engines are not maintained so that they can be put back into service on either New Jersey or Missouri

[@georgehopper7310]

@@BattleshipNewJersey Especially the NEW JERSEY, the propulsion lube oil system piping was so full of holes that I barely got enough into the reduction gears to make a difference. The MISSOURI was in much better shape.

[@anthonywhisenant3597]

Being active duty Navy I'd love to absolutely take a curators tour!

[@philnaegely]

here's details on that www.battleshipnewjersey.org/visit/group-tours/tour-options/ , seeing you are active navy, I think they do deals for those currently serving, but I could be mistaken.

[@Svilans]

Paint questions: Any idea how much paint they would have on board? Was the New Jersey ever dazzle painted? Iowa was measure 32/1B I think? Maybe a video on the different paint schemes? Lots of fun photos out there! Would they have the ability to repaint a substantial portion of the ship away from port? For example the Bismarck painted over the black and white stripes of the hull and deck swastikas while in Korsfjord on 21 May 1941. Keep up the great work!

[@ConspicousFaux]

The Cheiftan's hatch, naval edition.

[@wintersummers3085]

Does your cameraman have parkinsons disease? Is it just not possible to have a still camera in these videos? This is amateurish and lazy content. Stabilize your shots.

[@johnstanislawjr3835]

Another great video Ryan. I just donated $20 to the museum's Go Fund Me page. I wish it could be more, but know that I appreciate everything you are doing. Keep up the great work!

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Thanks for your support!

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

"What's in the sand locker?" "Why, that's where we keep our piping hot roast beef sandwiches! Crawl down there and see for yourself, Seaman!"

[@HM2SGT]

Great, thanks, now I have to go to arby's!👌👍😸

[@lonnywilcox445]

Abby it is time for a blooper reel! Surely there is footage of Ryan going through a hatch and demonstrating what a knee knocker is or doing his best "Oscar" impression. Is Oscar still aboard or was he recycled onto another ship?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Did you see our Mail Buoy Watch episode?

[@lonnywilcox445]

@@BattleshipNewJersey I'm more of a trip and fall humor guy. But yes, I did watch it.

[@ghost307]

I have a challenge for all the folks who don't like the look of the video. Film a complete tour of the interior of your car while sitting inside it with the windows closed. I want to see the interior of the glove box, under the seats, behind the visors and the seat belt anchors. I don't think some people realize just how tight and cramped these spaces on the battleship are...and these videos have 2 people in those tiny spaces. Keep in mind that the types of shots that you see in movies are made by removing a wall so you can get the camera far enough away from what you are shooting that compositing a shot is actually possible. Take a look at some of the footage that was taken inside the lunar module when it was on the moon with 2 guys inside it if you can't visualize what it means to be physically unable to get more than a couple of feet away from what you're trying to get a picture of.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

1:57 And this, squid, is why you will be painting when you are not training to fight fires. Also, the paint makes the fire more intense. Paint it anyway, inspection is coming up.

[@alansalacain2193]

Video idea: walking from bow to stern without crossing paths with the tour route. Also, thanks Libby for all your hard work, you are truly the unsung hero of this channel!

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Our tour route is so extensive you couldn't get from bow to stern without crossing into the tour route. But a walk from stem to stern in some capacity is on the list now.

[@tommanion5504]

This video reminded me of a childhood memory from my father. He served aboard the Valley Forge (CV-45) during the Korean War and mentioned that the ship had a "sail locker". What would a 1950's aircraft carrier need with a sail locker? He said what they kept in the "sail locker", though I can't remember now. Does the New Jersey have a "sail locker"?

[@kainhall]

2:49 thank you for the "map" of the ship . it REALLY helps place everything

[@blakewerner4368]

Thank you. I haven't thought about holy stoning for a good bit (50+ years) when I saw the topic was the sand locker I just had to smile. I can't for the life of me remember the tune we had to sing to get the right licks though. Perhaps some things are better forgotten. I was on ca148, which we thought was big, one time we highlined to the jersey on a westpac tour, we were dwarfed!

[@tedeby5351]

Do you have to worry about confined space hazards like toxic gas buildup or rooms where all of the oxygen has been sucked up by the rusting steel?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

It is definitely something we think about it. Fortunately, unlike an active ship, we rarely close hatches which allows for ventilation that wouldn't happen if they were closed.

[@tedeby5351]

@@BattleshipNewJersey Well I'm glad you all are safe and keep up the great content!

[@benwelch4076]

It is interesting to see the shape of the bow through the bulkheads inside the ship. Now that the mystery of the front of the ship has been revealed, we need to go as far aft as we can get.

[@josephstevens9888]

I was thinking the exact same thing!

[@christianvalentin5344]

@Willie Dynamite If Ryan has made a video of the “Nixie” anti torpedo defense, then yes the very rear of the ship has been shown.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

And here's the Nixie Room kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKesgYJ6e6Z1rLc

[@RickTheGeek]

I saw there are telephones in various spaces on the ship. I volunteer at a telephone museum (and we have one of those phones in the collection!). Do those phones work? I assume they would be for calling between various locations on the ship, not sure how they would connect to the "outside world". It would be cool to see how the phone switching system worked - and if it doesn't work now, it would be a fun project (at least to me!) to get it working again!

[@stuartdilts2729]

There's this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2rIpoqNhrGknbc

[@railgap]

Please, please, either buy your cameraman an inexpensive "steadicam" (not a real one, duh) balance-arm for his camera, -OR- start stablizing your videos in post! You're giving your viewers sea-sickness and the ship ain't even underway!

[@trieger50]

Hmm, lipstick on a bulkhead... Sounds like Deck Div was stowing away some LBFM-PBR's

[@BeechSportBill]

Lots of crawling! Thanks for taking us along!

[@axelrajr]

very interesting. for the two carriers i was on, the frames forward of 0 use letters. constellation i think went to frame c and Truman i believe went to frame h.

[@nutsmcflurry3737]

Please Mr Camera Man/Woman, slow your roll I'm getting seasick. Lovely tour none the less.

[@johnslaughter5475]

Six days shalt thou labor and do all thou art able, And on the seventh -- holystone the decks and scrape the cable

[@knightmarex13]

So I was looking at New Jersey's general plans and I noticed a space on deck 3 just forward of turret No 1 that is labeled "Chemical Warfare Material". Any Idea what this space was used for? I know in past videos it has been stated that just cause the plans says something doesn't mean that space was actually used for that.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Its really a damage control locker. So PPE and the like. Todays it's a room full of the ventilation hosing we removed from medical that was put there in mothballs.

[@quentintin1]

if used as a chem war locker, i would believe it would be full of stuff like respirators and gas oversuits, maybe decontaminants and the like

[@HM2SGT]

MOPP gear, Mk 5 masks & full body condoms, SCBAs... perhaps even neutralizes & reagents.

[@r.b.seiple5913]

What type of broom do you use to sweep the horizon?

[@LTV_inc]

Excellent knowledge. As a Mech. Engr. I like seeing the details. Your way of presentation and your conveyance of it is a thing of beauty, carry on soldier!…….🤓

[@kevinbyrne4538]

9:30 -- The sand locker stores sand for polishing the deck.

[@Joe-bm4wx]

Ryan has "no clue" how the lipstick marks got there...

[@nikolasbbq]

camera guy - you're making me dizzy!!!! Slow it down!

[@MrJeep75]

I talk to a sailor from the Missouri when it was in astoria before it left to Hawaii, said he got lost on board and came out a forward hatch on deck while they were underway, the captain seen him from the bridge said he got a very stern talking to

[@YdnarLah37]

I have a silly question. How was the sand stored? In bags, buckets, or just shoveled in?

[@robertpoore7604]

I was thinking the same

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

Given the amount needed to touch up the deck as needed, I'd guess it was a big pile of sand in there.

[@ericbengtson2822]

In another post he said it was in bags.

[@sierraone9181]

What rooms are inside the structure below the Aft Phalanx guns.

[@heathbrown4243]

What type of contraband was on the ship?

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

That ladder looked very sketchy but if I was 18 again I wouldn't have cared either.

[@Firestorm2900]

I believe that line you were standing on is called a Towing Hawser if I remember right. Those lines behind are moring lines.

[@wfoj21]

For a tow like that the tugs towing wire off the main winch is the majority of the length (the typically carry about 2000 feet of wire- using as short some segment of rope is like a shock absorber- and lesser strength - it would part first instead of damage tow wire. Its also possible anchor secured in place - and the anchor chain let out some as the attachment point.

[@m.streicher8286]

"here is the sand locker" oh yeah the video topic

[@jamestheotherone742]

You would not want to be in the sand locker when they were doing ground tackle operations.

[@lexington476]

So how far would someone have to travel carrying a bucket of sand to get it outside?

[@ironhorse3497]

Your camera man is making me seasick lol.

[@herrcobblermachen]

that IS a janky ladder. No way, no how. That is one of those down-only ladders. If they replaced the original ladder with that one that paint mixing must have taken its toll or there was an even jankier ladder in its stead.

[@chadhartsees]

That brass/copper looks polished!

[@richardanderson6874]

Regarding the ladder that was cut off and re-positioned, I think this was to afford greater hand and foot purchase on the rungs. Its original position I think was too close to the hull or wall.

[@soteriamediaproductions6165]

Methinks maybe the lipstick kiss marks on the tow line pipe might have something to do with the crossing of the Arctic Circle initiation, where the uninitiated have to kiss the bullnose of the ship as one of the tasks to receive the “Bluenose” certification. Sometimes the weather in that region is not to friendly to being on the weather decks to perform such traditional chicanery.

[@lizj5740]

Thanks for a most interesting video. Sand locker: who would guess. Love from Liz and Ginger in Australia.

[@bigchungus2063]

Marine and landing stores equipment

[@Guppzor]

"What are some of the other spaces on the ship that you'd like us explore?" Are there any spaces that you personally find interesting that no-one has ever asked about? Like some nook or cranny that serves some sort of unique/specific purpose that we all seem to ignore, but would be really noticed by crew, or would severely impact the functioning of the ship if it was not there.

[@quikdrw]

I did not know that there were negative frame numbers!!!! That was interesting.

[@tylerhubbard6319]

Who the hell would down vote this video? Sick people

[@rickdunn3883]

No walls on a a ship: Bulkheads. No "Stories" on a ship: Decks or levels. That fire extinguishing system is CO2, not Halon.

[@robertmurphy4836]

Great look into the bow of New Jersey. Always wanted to see that area. Battleship Texas recently did a video showing the inside of the bow and stern castings that joined to both ends of the ship's keel. Dose New Jersey have similar castings? They also showed parts of the ship's degaussing system that functioned while the ship was in operation. They showed cables mounted to the inside of the hull. I assume New Jersey has something similar. As for ideas to show the ship alive. How about the ship's surface search radar in motion. Also signal flags on lines to the mast. Does New Jersey have searchlights like the older battleships had?

[@mcpress]

Hello Just completed a tour. Was a fantastic experience!!! One question, did the NJ have a print shop? Thanks James & Christine

[@campkohler9131]

At 06:15 what is a "paravane wench?" Was the navy employing some female to operate the paravanes, and why did they keep her cooped up in that cabinet? :-) Obviously the navy yard or it's contractors did not have a very high educational bar for hiring recruits/employees. At the CA Aerospace Museum at Sacramento's former McClellan AFB, there is an F102 with hand-applied markings describing the source of the paint job in which the word Sacramento is misspelled, so the USAF had it's problems, too. I can't imagine how bad things were in the army.

[@commiecomrade2644]

Loving the channel. What’s a sand locker? The hell if I know! But I wanna see what’s inside!

[@mikemiller4979]

. The "Any Time, Any Where" advertisements suck. Leaving utoob. .

[@GABABQ2756]

Sand could also be used on the wedges for shoring. The sand would help keep the wedges from slipping.

[@RonJohn63]

The camera is (seemingly) not stabilized, and thus... jiggly. Very distracting.

[@kennethflusche7900]

Sand Locker if my memory is correct just forward of the paint locker on LPH-7 in port a good place for deck division to hang out (or was that Hide Out) Lipstick on the Bull Nose? 1975 was a long time ago

[@donmal886]

Not sure about you but I'm getting seasick from the videographer!!! 🤢

[@tylersmall6024]

Thank you for doing another exploration video! I love these. I live in Missouri but some day I’d love to visit!

[@jcee2259]

My last Naval ship tour was Russian. Age of Sail relic. Three mast square rigged except for the aft spanker. That tells you what vessel type it is. Every USA citizen had a 'minder' who was not going to let anyone into prohibited areas.

[@Biaanca5036]

Obviously sand(and probably some dirt) ! You're gonna need a little bit of 'land' if y'want Davy Jones' heart

[@skip123davis]

as an introvert, i'd prolly hang a hammock in the sand locker, lol!

[@kennethflusche7900]

Yes we did on LPH-7

[@johnboyland3616]

Interesting video, but sad to say, horribly filmed. Small places need a wide angle lens to properly video. Also the movement of the camera was a bit disturbing.

[@peterkapunkt6783]

Please invest in a wide angle lens. That would make these videos so much better.

[@mwnciboo]

You don't tow a ship with directly with hawsers - you use the mass of the anchor cable - so you use messengers and lines to pass a wire / cable+wire ...and the weight of the cable itself does the work of pulling the towed vessel forward.

[@55nsmooth]

"paravain wench" - oh, you mean paravane winch. Well, why didn't you say so.

[@34scot]

I'm sure it was more than likely all for holy stoning the Teakwood deck but also they say that you can't put a Willie Pete round out with water you have to suffocate it with sand or something? I forgot what else.

[@paulfennell01]

ryan do you have a captains hat? if not im happy to get one for you for christmas! youve earned it for sure- thanks for the vids and thanks for your hard work keeping NJ almost ready for action!! keep her in good shape, with the recent Russian nonsense we may need to bring her back into service again..

[@wilsontoddd5253]

What. Else. Was. Was. Use. For. And. Also. Like. For. To. Check. Out. The. Very. Bottom. Of. The. Back. Of. The. Ship.

[@duanem.1567]

The towing hawser Ryan is standing on appears to be identical (perhaps the same line) as the 10" braided nylon lines used as the bow and stern mooring lines on the BBs.

[@MF11283]

At 3:00 are those giant grappling hooks next to his head? Fired by a 5 inch gun? Cause they look like they weigh a few hundred pounds

[@normanfortin8301]

I could not watch this video at all, The camera was being swung around so fast that it was making me nauseas and dizzy....

[@VaporheadATC]

please tell the camera person to SLOW down. I am getting dizzy with all the movement.

[@TempoDrift1480]

I'd do whatever it takes to preserve that lipstick. Someone had the brains to do that so I would consider it pretty significant to the life of that ship.

[@flatworm00]

I could spend weeks going over this ship!

[@harrykilman5634]

I noticed you pronounced the paravane "wench" as spelled on the control cover rather than "winch" which it actually controlled

[@scottgage9541]

Must complement you. Your presentation skills are improving a lot.

[@FelixzWrath82]

if its not sand i will be 1 greatly disapointed, but 2 not really surprised considering it was designed for the government and who else would come up with such a stupid idea.