USS Joseph P Kennedy's Encryption Room

This is another episode in our series from Battleship Cove, this time we're on board USS Joseph P Kennedy in the Encryption Room.
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[@ashman187]

When boarding a Gearing class : first send a guy to stand under the secret porthole to receive the bag with all the secret codes....

[@holgerlukas4432]

While on temporary duty on the Joe P, my collateral duty consisted of supervising the code room. One evening, I was called to the code room. They had received a message that was coded OEO (Officers Eyes Only). I had to have all of the enlisted leave the room while I decoded the message. It was a personal message for one of the crew. If I remember correctly, it was something like "Please advise Seaman Doe that his wife has filed for divorce." Not WW3.

[@jayshaw63]

Back in 1973, I was an Ensign in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps and assigned to the Public Works Center, Pearl Harbor. One day, as the OOD, I was on my way to visit a project site in our Motorola equipped duty sedan when I received a radio call that there was a FLASH message from the Chief of Naval Operations at the Naval Station Message Center. I thought "HOLLY CRAP!!!!", did a U-turn and raced over to the Message Center. The message was to all Commands, that we should conserve energy due to the Arab oil embargo.

[@LarryLMelton]

I was a Radioman stationed on the USS Fiske DD-842, the sister ship to the Kennedy. Both were built on the same plans, so I recognized this room. I will one day get to the Kennedy so my family can see what I experienced. Larry from Texas

[@johnbeauvais3159]

I half expected it to be something much more grim like “If the ship is being boarded an alarm trips the doors lock and the whole room gets automatically torched from these flame jets mounted in the ceiling”

[@dbfbobt]

About 50 years ago I was on the crew of a small USN ship. One of the pieces of equipment had a key switch on the front panel. The senior watchstander had the key on a lanyard around his neck. If the key was inserted in the switch and turned it would ignite a thermite charge inside the chassis. The whole thing was installed over a steel box filled with sand, which we called "the litterbox."

[@karlheinzvansteen5748]

I was on two vietnam era ships ( a DDG and a FF), on both we carried a case of Thermite grenades that were to be placed on the stack of online crypto gear, when activated they would burn through the entire stack of crypto gear. The off-line crypto and code cards were off in a small offline crypto room. Same there but the offline machine (think Enigma) was able to be detached and thrown overboard if able.

[@TheFlatlander440]

Cool restoration of the encryption room. I noticed a 1970's vintage stereo receiver on the shelf as well. I was thinking they would have a burn box of some sort instead of just a weighted canvas bag to destroy the codes in. Thanks for sharing.

[@scottpenland3576]

Excellent restoration of the space. That stereo is in the KWR-37 receiver crypto rack. Would give security inspector a heart attack (that's another story of long wire antenna stretched through the crypto bay..) It's only about 1/8 size of the KWR-37. Above the teletype old URA-17's I believe. Some more modern remote devices mounted in the racks. Need to be in deep blue water when using the weighted bags as part of destruction.

[@richardpehtown2412]

In 1972 I was able to visit "Black Facilities Control", the unencripted radio receiver section of USS Constellation's (CVA-64)'s vast communications suite. It was quite large in size, and stuffed with bulkhead-to-bulkhead, deck-to-overhead racks full of state of the art mil-spec radio receivers, too numerous to actually count how many. Some Collins R-390A's

[@KD2HJP]

I love the FM broadcast integrated receiver

[@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX981]

Ryan said it was one of the best restorations he had seen. So it made him happy. Maybe as happy as 'borrowing' Libby's hand warmers. (That's a joke Ryan, just pulling your leg as we say in England!)

[@tedrussell902]

Well Libby, you are in the inside this time :) warmth :)

[@lonnywilcox445]

They had thermite bricks at the tops of the equipment racks as well. If you were boarded, you lit the bricks and they would burn their way through the equipment on the rack, the deck below and render the equipment useless. The safe with the codes had a brick as well, nothing would be left when it was done burning.

[@SSN515]

Also a TNT locker on the 02 level aft.

[@haljames624]

Thank you

[@MrRoadchaser]

Great content guys. I sure have enjoyed the change of scenery.

[@DaveDaDeerslayer]

Great continue, BZ

[@waynemayo1661]

Super cool. Thanks. But, what if no sailor is alert enough to toss the code bag overboard? Maybe a thermite grenade inside the bag?

[@SSN515]

Yep. There was thermite installed. Also, it doesn't do any good to deep six the bag in 60 feet of water.

[@LexieAssassin]

I think you mentioned there's a WWII-era US diesel boat out there, no? Could you do a video on the TDC?

[@SSN515]

I think the Pampanito in San Fran is the only boat with a complete WW2 TDC onboard. At least they had one when I was rebuilding her diesel engines. Maybe Bowfin in pearl, but when I used to do insurance inspections on Bowfin, they didn't have one yet. They were rebuilding a stand alone conning tower and other things , so they may have one now.

[@richardpehtown2412]

0:31 1960's Fisher Receiver or Tuner?

[@fishua5564]

Did you see one of the latest releases (5 days ago) on periscope films youtube channel? Life on the New Jersey in Korea

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Floating fortress is a classic. We play it in one of our exhibits.

[@fishua5564]

@@BattleshipNewJersey i had a feeling you had, but you never know. Cheers!

[@christiantroy3034]

Once again excellent, cant wait to see your series of the USS Constitution. Just watched the USS Consultation Videos and figured i would ask a question about the live oak. I worked at the PortsmouthNaval Ship Yard and was told that they store live oak timbers there submerged in fresh water,for when the Constitution needs them for repairs, is this true and does the Navy have live oak trees identified for future use somewhere growing?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

The navy does have a live oak forest for Constitution's needs. Not sure about the specifics of it though.

[@starshipmechanic]

@@BattleshipNewJersey as far as I know there is many acres of old growth in a protected forest in Maine, for the masts and other stuff, I don't know where the live oak is, but I don't think it grows in Maine so it might be a different protected forest

[@robertthomas5906]

Constitution.. Constitution.. What about the Constellation in Baltimore? No love for that ship?

[@MrTexasDan]

@@starshipmechanic Well I hope the masts are not made of live oak. Can't get that stuff to grow more than a foot without it changing directions.

[@starshipmechanic]

@@MrTexasDan no thats why I mentioned that I dont think live oak is in Maine, but I do know there is old growth trees in maine set aside for the Constitution, I imagine there is live oak somewhere else, theres not much old growth left so its probably protected.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Maybe you could offer an exchange tour with the crew of the Kirov.

[@jeremycox2983]

Did you guys film on board the submarine at Battleship cove

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

We didn't, unfortunately. But we'll be back at some point!

[@davidduma7615]

Was the red elecrical outlet was for use by computer equipment suspected of having a virus, so it wouldn't spread to other equipment?

[@SSN515]

No.That one is on the "vital" electrical load system and can be supplied from the casualty power system if the DC locker crews have to rig the cables.

[@skovner]

Never used encrypted teletypes but they don't look so different from the regular ones. As for the NJ not having a room like that, WWII was the first war where electromechanical cryptography was used, but not necessarily everywhere. The Enigma is the best known, but there were others. Today, crypto is as far advanced from this as modern computers showing video is from typing ASCII art (look it up) on a teletype.

[@exoticcardboards6184]

Seems like that hole is just a faster means to turn over the codes to an boarding party

[@jpkdd850]

How will you board a ship with 5" guns without a fight?

[@lsdzheeusi]

Surprise Reveal:: Ryan doesn’t have a PGP key, he has a working Enigma machine and it’s the only way to communicate with him via encryption.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

I think of that makes me Ryans encryption machine? Because the only way to talk to him is through me? Ok. - Libby the editor

[@IvorMektin1701]

Too bad the Walker family sold all that to Ivan.😡

[@robertthomas5906]

They deserved to be invited to a neck tie party.

[@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX981]

Who is the Walker family?

[@IvorMektin1701]

@@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX981 Google John Anthony Walker. KZbin won't let me post a link

[@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX981]

@@IvorMektin1701 It's fine Rich. I've googled him. Thanks.

[@keithammleter3824]

The ship has been boarded - a holed and weighted canvas bag has been dropped on the deck for a sailor to throw overboard. Not going to happen - I'm that sailor and several enemy persons jumped on me. They have guns and they look mean. I was expecting some kind of shredder machine that dumped into an acid tank.

[@richardpehtown2412]

Please re-title this video, using the correct name of the ship, the USS Joseph P. Kennedy JUNIOR. Thank you.

[@Violent2aShadow]

Why didn't they just use NordVPN?

[@DardanellesBy108]

LOL! Good one.

[@user-ou2fi8xt8w]

Что за бред! Вы серьезно собирались уничтожать секретные документы таким сложным и не надежным способом? Палуба может быть под обстрелом. Или захвачена. Мешок можно поднять. И т.д. Почему просто не поставить сжигатель!? Метод затопления был бы хорош для приборов, но только если бы не требовался матрос на палубе.