USS New Jersey - Guide 060 (Part 5)

[@rachelcarre9468]

Four years after the release of this video, it’s amazing to see how the channel has progressed, how BB62 has 1,000 videos on her own channel and that Drach and Ryan have met up on several occasions and make content together!

[@bluejacketwarrior2457]

Fun fact about Jersey. One of her Skippers turned her forward 40mm gun tubs into small swimming pools. You can see them in the photo used at 8:03.

[@sarjim4381]

My cousin served aboard the New Jersey from 1986 to 1989. The two "resort pools" on the New Jersey were retrofitted to the former 40 mm gun tubs because of rulings from the brass. Back before they got involved, swimming in tropical waters was a way to cool off during long deployments to the Pacific. Given the freeboard of the New Jersey, some sailors got injured diving from her decks. It was mostly things like a few broken arms, but those in charge of fleet safety weren't having it. No more swimming, and morale plummeted. Even though living spaces were air conditioned, working space weren't, and place like workshops and the engine rooms could get over 110 degrees in the tropics. Captain Katz solved this by having his engineering staff rig up a portable swimming platform that was only about five feet about the sea surface. Morale returned to normal as the guys could once again get in some swimming. This worked until the medical staff in Washington got involved. With reports that some men were picking up various tropical parasites from swimming in the Persian Gulf, swimming was banned completely to save the three cases that had ever showed up from the New Jersey, all easily cured. For those that have ever sailed in tropical waters, not being able to swim so you could cool off from the oppressive tropical heat just seemed impossible, and crew morale immediately suffered. Captain Katz once again called on his engineering staff for a solution. Once of the Machinist Mates was a swimming pool installer in civilian life. He came up with a vinyl over foam covering that could be used to line the two forward abandoned 40 mm gun tubs. They were filled from portable pumps that ran through a filtering system devised by engineering to make sure those nasty parasites couldn't get on board. The crew was able to at least paddle around and cool off, and morale soared. Thus, the New Jersey came to be the only USN combat ship to ever have two swimming pools.

[@cnlbenmc]

I would have put either Bofors 57mm or 40mm L70s in that place, if it were possible to make them stand up to the massive overpressure of the 16" guns.

[@Mrfrontrow]

Those gun tubs were turned into swimming pools by the skipper during the Vietnam war. I forget his name. But, I know this because my father was the personnel officer on board during that time. I was fortunate enough to be able to go on a dependent cruise for a day on board when it was homeported out of Long Beach during the summer of 1968. They left for Vietnam around September 1968.

[@rc6147]

@@sarjim4381 I was on the recommissioning crew in '82 until my hitch was up in '84.

[@timengineman2nd714]

@@Mrfrontrow My first duty station was Naval Facility Cape Hatteras, and I worked for about 3 months with a GMG1 repairing fishing gear, etc. that could be rented out to military and retirees. He was a 'Nam Vet, and one time had to go forward to support a Marine Fire Base. It was in an area that soon had a VC/NVA offensive and they were slowly but surely getting close to being overrun. And he was trying to get Fire Support, but everyone he tried was already supporting a Fire Base. Then he got a radio call from Tango Orange 7, he didn't know who that was but Tango Orange was for (at that time) US ships. He quickly called in some co-ordinates for a group of enemy that weren't close. (So he could adjust "7's" fire without worrying about a shell hitting his camp.) Then the reply "On it's way, Hang Time 1 minute and 55 seconds!" This didn't make any sense since he knew that the fire support ships were close enough that it would be about half that time... After a bit of back and forth radio chatter, he found out that the "Big J" had come at All Ahead Flank when it heard about the multiple attacks. He quickly was impressed about the accuracy of the shell fire, and called in more targets! He saw a shell hit where there was "about 2 platoons" worth of Charlies in "medium" brush and saw 3 of them die. The rest simply "Vanished"!!! The attack quickly broke up after that....

[@ExUSSailor]

The Iowa's had gorgeous lines! Some of the nicest looking ships ever built.

[@pyroromancer]

those lines make em fast!! Destroyers be like "w0t?!"

[@evo5dave]

Yes. Maybe the best looking 20th century BB.

[@ramal5708]

Plus they're maneuverable enough for a Battleship, one said it could out maneuver or has same maneuverability as late war USN Heavy cruiser

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Prinz Eugen would agree, the body lines make it look sexy,

[@metaknight115]

I can agree

[@Wolfeson28]

8:10 One small correction: it was actually Missouri and Wisconsin that participated in Operation Desert Storm. Iowa had already been decommissioned in 1990 due to the turret explosion you mention immediately afterward. Still, great video. Despite being battleships in an age of aircraft carriers, the Iowas still manage to have some amazing stories.

[@tedrussell902]

I was just about to post the same thing. :)

[@JRock3091]

47 Sailors lost their lives in that event, where the middle gun in B turret exploded during a training mission. The explosion was so violent it launched the gun barrel off of the ship.

[@Cat-y4w]

@@JRock3091 the only thing that could damage the ship was itself

[@michaelusswisconsin6002]

The 4 sisters survived as museums across the US.

[@battleshipnewjerseysailor4738]

I remember our transit thru the "Med" on our way to Lebanon, it was quite a sight to see 212,000 HP pushing the ship to about 38 MPH

[@rc6147]

Ex-crew member here. 5/82- 5/84. Thanks for making this video. She was a great ship to serve on. Awesome firepower.

[@lars1701again]

I live in South Jersey (NJ in the US not the UK :D) and we have the BB-62 Big Jay as a Museum exhibit at the Camden Water front, been there many times still gives me chills imagining that ship firing its guns.

[@thomaswilloughby9901]

Visited her at Camden, an awesome sight indeed. They just opened the ammunition handling area under a turret to the public.

[@lars1701again]

I live in NJ and haven't been to the Big Jay, i have to go now to see the open parts :)

[@LemSat87]

@@lars1701again The Turret 2 tour is well worth it by itself, let alone the rest of the ship!

[@hattrick8684]

You can even get yourself a $500 curator tour and go around privately and climb in and out of some off limit areas.

[@JRock3091]

Ugh I'm very sad that the New Jersey government doesn't want my money. Because they violate the 2nd Amendment. Which is one of the reasons this ship was built. To preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States.

[@deplorablemecoptera3024]

The odd thing about typhoon cobra is that the word "kamikaze" meaning "divine wind" originally referred to a typhoon which destroyed much of the mongol fleet and saved Japan.

[@thelvadam2884]

Irony, history of full of such.

[@mtler8609]

From the Japanese point of view, they should have been slaughtered if not for the "divine wind". They knew the end for them was on their shores.

[@spudgunn8695]

So mother nature's natural kamikaze sank more US ships in that short period of the war than the Japanese managed with planes. And humans still think they are the masters of this world?!? Kind of delusional really, aren't we?

[@matthewrobinson4323]

Awesome video. You mentioned Taffy 3. Their exploits, along with HMS Jarvis Bay, and HMS Glowworm are credits to the Naval Services of both our nation's, and I think they rate a review, either individually or combined. You also mentioned the New Jersey's shore bombardment service in Vietnam. That brought back lots of memories, as my ship, a destroyer, had many artillery duels with the enemy, all up and down the Vietnamese coastline. Keep up the good work.

[@GoSlash27]

Agreed. Taffy 3 deserves its own episode.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Fun fact. Big J. was commissioned on 5/23/43......

[@gregg4164]

She is still there in Camden and is a sight too behold. A fearsome menacing beautiful ship she is.

[@therocinante3443]

I actually went and visited the USS New Jersey today. Seeing a battleship in person is an absolutely overwhelming site! Seeing it in video or photos just doesn't prepare you at all for the absolute majesty of the thing.

[@therocinante3443]

Also, I plan on going to visit the Intrepid next week too. (if they let people in due to covid)

[@metaknight115]

I’ve been on her sistership, Iowa, several times. It’s an amazing experience

[@user-mt5cm5xp2o]

The most decorated battleship in us naval history. USS New Jersey BB62 💪🏻🇺🇸

[@Mrfrontrow]

My father served aboard her as the personnel officer during her time in Vietnam.

[@user-mt5cm5xp2o]

mike john Nice! During Vietnam she still had the original weapons as this was before the 1980’s refit for anti air and missle. Though she did have a helicopter pad installed so that was new! Also I believe the removed in total 4, 5 inch twin gun mounts. Went from 10 twin mints down to 6. A lot of people don’t know she seen action in Vietnam, only Iowa class to do so( all others were still mothballed) also only battleship because all other classes had been decommissioned and scrapped and or ready to scrap.

[@Mrfrontrow]

During Vietnam she still had all 10 5 inch mounts. The rear 4,(2 from each side) 5 inch gun mounts were removed in the 80’s To make room for the missiles that were added.

[@user-mt5cm5xp2o]

mike john My mistake, for Vietnam they removed the 20 and 40 mm anti aircraft guns for newer radar. She still had all 10 5 inchers.

[@theREDdevilz22]

it's disgusting that the British Government didn't make Warspite a museum ship!

[@seanshi2945]

theREDdevilz22 yup, a god damn national tragedy

[@mordicuspb]

The good is, Britain can forget quicker it's fallen dirty colonial past

[@theREDdevilz22]

Philippe Benoit we British celebrate our colonial past.. RULE BRITANNIA!

[@legogenius1667]

That's nothing compared to the scrapping of the Enterprise ;_;

[@bigblue6917]

@@mordicuspb Well it's not like the French had colonies, such as French Algeria or French Indochina, or setting up an Emperor in Mexico with the French Army, or French West Africa. Otherwise they would have a dirty colonial past. And we would not want that would we.

[@jackschmieg120]

You should do the USS Olympia! Like the USS NJ, she survives to this day and is a museum on the Delaware River.

[@hobbesfan4196]

It's on the list to be done.

[@kamdenbarclay486]

Shes in bad shape though :(

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

@@kamdenbarclay486 Well the New Jersey kinda kind of adds to that. Ever since battleship opened, most tourists go across the river.

[@leegoll2477]

I love this channel. I love the "English to text narration" too when it's available. I understand all that translation takes time but I enjoy it, and the light witty humor that comes with it

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

They also used high explosive rounds out of the 16-inch guns to make Landing zones for helicopters. Fire a few rounds into the jungle canopy and you have an instant LZ

[@karlbrundage7472]

@8:08 Note that New Jersey is leading another Iowa, followed by the USS Long Beach, the world's first nuclear-powered surface ship. I had the pleasure of touring her at Pearl Harbor, back in the mid-eighties while my boat was in overhaul at PHNS.

[@Nuke89345]

Yes, a vid on BB-62 New Jersey, the badass of the badass Iowa classes! Ty so much!

[@fernandomarques5166]

6:46 When the US Navy goes full IJN with regards to Ise and Hyuuga and tries to turn a battleship into a carrier hybrid.

[@fernandomarques5166]

@William Signs not really kievs are more like a CVL with missiles strapped on than a 16in BB with a flight deck strapped on.

[@wrayday7149]

Face it, someone wanted to put a spoiler on the ship.... for reasons.

[@RCAvhstape]

@@wrayday7149 They wanted to rice it out?

[@rivco5008]

A beautiful ship; my father-in-law was an original crewman & 3rd class gunner's mate in one of the port side 5" guns & was aboard throughout the ship's service in the Pacific War. He died in March 2013 age 90. RIP Tony.

[@NickMurray]

These are great videos. You should really consider dropping the intro robot voice, I know you include it as a throw back to how your channel started but it instantly puts people off and you will be loosing viewers before they get to your voice.

[@Drachinifel]

You mean from the intro?

[@dapeach06]

@@Drachinifel I agree. I immediately switch off any video with a robotic voice, and if i didn't know your channel already, I'd switch it off when i heard the intro

[@slammerf16]

@@dapeach06 Yup, agreed

[@chloehennessey6813]

@@Drachinifel It’s what took me awhile to watch the channel. The first video I tried watching started with the robot voice and I immediately clicked off the video. About 7 months went by and another of your videos popped up. I avoided it because I thought “eh another robot video”. Than finally a guy in fleet said that it’s just the intro. Had he not said that I’d have never subscribed.

[@HeGotsaSnipa2]

I'm so glad the U.S. Government preserved these ships as museums, unlike the criminal sinking of Nevada and Warspite.

[@lars1701again]

The USS New Jersey Museum is (or was) in financial trouble due to the lockdowns :( . I remember the fight with South Jersey had with North Jersey for the final resting place of the Big Jay, they wanted to moor her in Bayonne NJ. Both North and South is kind of like the fighting northerners and southerners have in the greater US lol

[@rob28803]

My mate and I got a personalised tour including machinery spaces, bridge, messes and a turret crawl while it was still in service in the 80’s. Lucky us!

[@davids9520]

As a kid I used to build plastic models of various WW2 warships. The battleship New Jersey was my favorite. Sadly I lost those models, as i grew up.

[@klipsfilmsmelbourne]

2:37 the fore top looks like star destroyer bridge

[@bongobrandy6297]

I had heard of the sudden onset of accuracay problems. Never knew the cause until now. Mixing different batches of propellent would definately do that. I understand that those BB's also refridgerated their propellent charges to enhance accuracy and consistancy.

[@royasturias1784]

"FIRE CONTROL, I'M COUNTIN' ON YOU!!"

[@MrSleepy677]

Do a video on the destroyer USS Johnston, she fought like hell in battle of Samar.

[@robertsaiz3339]

There is one already. Its not very long but has good info. BTW, there is a KZbin video on the Battle of Samar. Very good and lots of info on the Johnston's last stand.

[@jimtalbott9535]

And now she has a KZbin channel.

[@perrylamb6286]

Very cool video. Toured New Jersey in Pusan Harbor, South Korea in about 1987. Excellent tour.

[@seannordeen5019]

Good news! Just saw an announcement on the USS New Jersey museum channel that you can fire the 5" guns for a $500 donation. Drach, you need to start a crowd fundraiser so you can video yourself raining destruction down on the New Jersey shore when you visit the states. Enjoy the jealousy of Dr. Clark.

[@bullreeves1109]

That picture looks so good! I feel this ship should have been the ship that japan surrendered on, only reason it wasint is because the Missouri was The state Truman came from

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

I think the best ship for the surrender to be signed on would have been USS Nevada. The only Battleship to get underway on December 7th

[@briansmith9439]

Great episode. Built a model of the USS New Jersey as a kid. Across the Delaware River from where she is moored lies the USS Olympia which was launched in the 1890s as the only one of her class. Perhaps that would be a good episode.

[@TheJuan72]

Thanks God she was not scrapped and was saved.

[@Red-rl1xx]

Just ran across your channel and subscribed! Lots of good stuff!

[@gordonhopkins1573]

Worked on BB-61, in Richmond, CA, 2012, 2013 with adult son before sending her down to San Pedro, cheers

[@admiralnimitz9844]

Best Battleship ever! This is a totally unbiased fact

[@condellpinochet4766]

@Jacob Zondag uss washington

[@metaknight115]

I think USS Washington is better. She sunk the Kirishima

[@flipppy83]

My late grandfather enlisted in '52 and came aboard for the second Korean cruise in '53, RIP FT3 B. A. Ditch

[@Epicredeemer]

I've slept on the NJ multiple times, and taken just as many tours, and every time my tour guides were sailors who had served on board during the war. It was a great time. If you're ever in the area, I strongly recommend checking it out

[@ajfiory5124]

Great series!! I just found (KZbin force fed) your channel. Great content, and after watching the Iowa class 060 guide I was going to request N.J. glad to find it already out👍🏻

[@jpavlvs]

I saw her in action south of DaNang Vietnam in October of '68. They say the shells sound like a railroad train flying overhead. I will state that is absolutely true.

[@markdaywaltjr.5707]

I used to work on the USS New Jersey while I was attending Rutgers Camden back in 2007-2008. Few stories about that: 1. One of the docents once told me a story that I have yet to be able to confirm or verify in any way at all. When she was launched from New York Shipbuilding, 07 Dec. 1942, the hull was so heavy and had so much momentum coming off the slipway, that she ended up drifting clear across the river and smacked into the New Jersey shoreline. Everyone was said to have thought it "good luck" that she had "kissed" her namesake state on her launching. Now I can't imagine that such a thing wouldn't be terrifying and very destructive, but as I said, I simply cannot verify this story at all, and the docent that had told it to me has long since passed away. Anyone else ever hear of this story? 2. Bit of "lost history" and a missed opportunity in my opinion. During my time working on her, management undertook a massive project in pulling up a huge amount of teak wood decking from the O3 level, just outside the modern "Admiral's Bridge" in order to fully repair the heavily corroded and leaking steel deck plates beneath. What did they do with all the teak wood? Sell it as souvenirs? Preserve it in some way and present it to major patrons and supporters of the ship? Turn it into some kind of historical display? Nope. They THREW IT AWAY. Straight into a rusty old dumpster. Needless to say, I grabbed more than a handful and put them in the trunk of my beat up old Pontiac. Those planks had been to Vietnam and Lebanon. They were a part of history! 3. In a bid for outside sources of income, the development staff began marketing the ship as a filming location while I was working on board. The only production company that took the bait ended up being some South Korean soap opera! They took over the ship for just a single day. Running out of time at the end of a VERY long day of filming and probably sanity, the director, who spoke English, pointed at me and asked, "Want to make $100?" Being the semi-starving college student I was, I said "Sure!" Somewhere, on some DVD in South Korea, there is a much younger me, dubbed into Korean, in some 3rd rate South Korean soap opera, in a cheesy 30 second scene opposite the fervently taking notes star of the show. True story.

[@ziggster59]

Since NYSB was in Camden,#1 could only happen if she made a big u-turn. I do recall reading something like that happened when the Titanic was launched,likely others too.

[@brucetucker4847]

@@ziggster59 _New Jersey_ was built at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, across the river from the state of New Jersey, so it's possible.

[@HaddaClu]

Another fun fact is that the New Jersey is officially the fastest battleship having reached 35 knots while fully loaded during her Vietnam era shakedown.

[@xenophonBC]

I love when an individual..who had nothing to do with the design or was alive, or knew the situation..makes an overall opinion and decides on his own..what was best.

[@kylesmith1601]

I’m surprised no shoutout to Ryan curator of museum and memorial battleship New Jersey

[@s.31.l50]

Never knew she sank the Maikaze. Oh well, learn something new every day.

[@Wolfeson28]

Maikaze, not Minekaze.

[@GlorfindelofGondolin]

Hooah! Get out of the God forsaken desert of NTC to be greater with one of your videos. Rock on! 🤘

[@davidfreiboth1360]

Q&A: How did the major navy's shipyards stack up during the "battleship" era (1900 to 1945).

[@EricDKaufman]

Can't believe you missed the swimming pools

[@Drachinifel]

Got to leave some details for people to discover!

[@chrisvaughan9406]

I went on board at Garden Island naval base in Sydney when she was there in 1988.

[@brownwrench]

I miss seeing the Missouri first thing when driving into Bremerton. The NJ was parked beside it for a time, or some other missile equipped Iowa.

[@charlieaustin2818]

As others have mentioned you do a very nice job! Keep them coming.

[@nivek2192]

It's funny driving over the Walt Whitman bridge the USS New Jersey looks kind of small, and then when I stood on the deck next to the main battery all I could think was "holy f**k this thing is massive"

[@ctd64]

Love the videos. Please do the USS Massachusetts (bb-59).

[@scottgray3945]

How about a video on the Greek Protected Cruiser “Georgios Averof”?

[@RGC-gn2nm]

We should at least have kept one in service for gunnery skill retention at least. During Desert Storm the Marines in my AO loved the shit out of the big guns on those old girls.

[@nbenicewicz]

You made a mistake. The Iowa was the one that suffered the explosion in the gun turret not the Wisconsin. The Missouri and the Wisconsin were the ships that took part in Desert Storm.

[@ExUSSailor]

She was awarded 19 battle stars, in total. Making her the most highly decorated ship in US Navy history.

[@stevendavison1418]

Anon Nymous uss Parche disagrees

[@sander6438]

Nope USS Enterprise(CV-N6) had 20 battlestars

[@brucetucker4847]

@@sander6438 Just CV-6. N stands for nuclear propulsion.

[@skywise001]

Black Dragon? Can you explain how that nickname came to be?

[@ebla83]

The New Jersey was the only Iowa class battleship to be painted Navy blue(a dark grey) which at a distance made her look black. When she fired, the flame led to the nickname Black Dragon.

[@kreol1q1q]

Hmmm, I wonder if you'd add the Austro-Hungarian armored cruisers to the list, the SMS Sankt Georg, SMS Kaiserin und Konigin Maria Theresia and the SMS Kaiser Karl VI. I think they could be interesting ships to do videos on, but then again I'm massively biased in favour of anything Austro-Hungarian.

[@Drachinifel]

Sure why not :)

[@robertkillis8490]

a speed boat with beautifully deadly guns

[@MauiMedicineMan]

You said she was transferred to the 3rd Fleet. The 3rd Fleet and the 5th Fleet were the same fleet with the difference being the 5th Fleet was Admiral Spruance whereas the 3rd Fleet wasAdmiral Halsey.

[@robertthweatt1900]

Thank you, saved me the trouble!

[@morekmailman3900]

Hello , Kindly look into doing a Guide on the Crown Colony Class Cruiser HMS Nigeria penant number 60...........she is named for Nigeria who gained independence on October 1st 1960 and we are 60 years old this year. So a lot of 60s.......... and she was part of a team that captured an Enigma Machine and code books........Thanks in advance

[@rickramsdell520]

Where do find all your amazing photographs?

[@brucesheehe6305]

I wish the West Virginia would have been saved as a museum ship. So much history. Same with the Pennsylvania. Guess you can's save them all.

[@hattrick8684]

I visit her pretty frequently. She makes for a good photography target, especially on a nice day or with a sunset, or a dancing 5yr old in the foreground. Not sure what’s more menacing, the toddler or the 16/L50 mk7 guns...

[@timengineman2nd714]

I and a few friends always wonder why several of the US battleships (and cruisers) that were named for places easily accessible from the Atlantic and Pacific, weren't saved. After all another pair of battleships could have easily been used at Bikini Atoll than the Arkansas and Pennsylvania. Alaska, Washington, California, Mississippi, Tennessee, perhaps Indiana, Maryland, New York could have easily become Museums/Memorials! Same with Pensacola, and other cities saving their namesakes! (For instance using the Salt Lake City .vs. Pensacola at Bikini Atoll)

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

Something I would have covered here was her role as flagship for Admiral Halsey. I would love to hear what you think of this, as I think it was a huge mistake. It caused problems when trying to create TF 34 at Leyte Gulf and Halsey somehow didn't learn from that. Though he didn't seem to learn from anything as he managed to have a repeat incident with another typhoon.Both Spruance and Kurita chose heavy cruisers as flagships, which makes much more sense to me.

[@deidryt9944]

Don't think you can read much into this. Spruance was a surface/escort commander at heart, and so he would have always had preference for CAs as flags. As for Kurita, while he started the Leyte Gulf operation on Atago, after she was sunk he transferred his flag to Yamato. I'm not sure how a CA makes more sense for surface actions -- maybe for air operations it makes sense, but even then, there was a preference for aviator-Admirals to set their flag on CVs so that they could better coordinate air operations.

[@craftpaint1644]

Our Navy destroyed the spare 16inch gun barrels in storage. They were priceless, no factory can make them anymore.

[@Myomer104]

My grandfather served on New Jersey in Korea.

[@dugclrk]

Everyone should take a visit to one of the many Battleship museums all around the US. You won't regret it.

[@leifjohnson617]

You said that the New Jersey "transferred to the Third Fleet" from the Fifth Fleet. I was under the impression that the Third Fleet and the Fifth Fleet were actually the same fleet whose designation changed depending on whether Admiral Spruance and Admiral Halsey were in command. (This naming convention being a ploy to confuse the Japanese.) Am I right or have I erred?

[@DuggageHu]

So, the USS New Jersey never ran aground? :-)

[@beardyface8492]

At last, a member of this series I can actually HEAR.. Shame about parts 1 to 4 which I can't given there's constant background noise to compete with here, even cranked up to maximum volume

[@soviet_union1936]

Picture at 1:00 has Battleship Jean Bart

[@Kii_to_Victory]

At 1:21, the ship in the background.. is that a Richelieu-class? Maybe even Richelieu herself?

[@loophole3101]

yes that is her

[@gunrunner7224]

How bout a video on the battle of savo island and the vincense Quincy and Astoria (ww2 Guadalcanal)

[@FishtownRec]

Why are ships launched before actual completion?

[@SmokingRun]

I met a man that served on the new Jersery from Shakedown the end of the war. I think he might have went to Korea. But I cant remember. He is from Illinois

[@paramounttechnicalconsulti5219]

My Father was in CV-10 for the wall, he never forgave Halsey for "Typhoon Cobra". Sailors have 2 enemies, and you never surrender sailors to the eternal one, the sea,

[@stevenkooper8502]

Please review the USS Eldridge

[@ebla83]

That was my grandfather's ship during WW2. I have several good pictures of it

[@46bovine]

Perhaps you can answer this question. Smokeless powder was developed toward the end of the 19th century so when I see films/videos of US & UK warships during WW2 discharging their large cannons they tend to emit huge clouds of smoke. Hadn't our Knavies been introduced to this remarkable propellant or am I operating out of ignorance?

[@Drachinifel]

'Smokeless' is a bit misleading in it's title. 'Less smoke' would be more accurate. Basically the difference at capital ship gun scales was 'small cloud of smoke per gun' as opposed to the old "instant void of gunpowder smoke you can't see anything through for the next ten minutes." Different nations mixes of powder obviously also varied and changed internally over time.

[@46bovine]

@@Drachinifel Thank you. I did know that black/gunpowder caused copious clouds of white smoke. However I was confused by the large smoke clouds from the more modern weapons. Thanks, again.

[@brucetucker4847]

@@Drachinifel Not much to do with the smoke, but didn't they also use a small black powder charge as an initiator between the primer and the main smokeless propellant charge?

[@rickvassell8349]

Built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

[@bryant7201]

"Vietnam was a somewhat less successful war for the US" 5:42 British understatements live.

[@ssgtmole8610]

4:40 "At the conclusion of the Korean War..." I'm fairly certain that the US military complex considers the Korean conflict on going. Open battle is not currently occurring, but peace has never been declared.

[@michaelusswisconsin6002]

Funny thing is that during Vietnam, the North during the ceasefire talks with the US want NJ out due to her effectiveness.

[@GrockleTD]

When might you visit New Jersey for a collab video?

[@nathanhaiduk2957]

Review ncc-1701d

[@rutabagasteu]

Were the idiots that mixed up the wrong powder charges court martialed ?

[@CusterFlux]

She's a beauty … but time moves on, and she's earned her permanent berth - I hope the funds are kept available to keep her in visitable shape - in this day of the internet, people really need to experience what a real battleship of the 20th century was like for themselves - and while you certainly can't turn everything into a permanent monument - but if the New Jersey doesn't deserve it, then not much does.

[@ShawnMaskell]

USS Samual B Roberts USS Johnston paid for that supreme uck up good looks Halsey.

[@CMDRFandragon]

To bad the USN wasnt at Leyte, THAT woulda been an amusing fight.

[@bkjeong4302]

Decorated for actions she was unsuited/unnecessary for or sometimes even for just being there…

[@xenophonBC]

The marianas turkey shoot..you don't seem to get the point of war...overpower and dominate your enemy. Not meet them on equal basis.

[@Pineapplebob1775]

The Wisconsin engaged Iraqi targets during the Gulf war not the Iowa because the Iowa was being repaired because of the turret No2 explosion in 1990

[@anthonygreenfield123]

Nice

[@kendog84bsc]

8:12 I sensed the presence of a Minecraft ship in this picture. Weird.

[@stickyRice9]

Big J!!!