Touring a Senior Naval Officer's Stateroom on USS New Jersey
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- In this episode we're touring a stateroom.
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I commented on this over a year ago. It got many likes. :) I'd love to see a video about the medical staff during general quarters. It would be fascinating. Thanks!
100%
Even better would be to discuss medical facilities and staff during the marine invasions in the pacific. If I remember correctly they were designed to take casualties from shore as well as other ships in the battle group. They would have had additional medical staff and surgeons for an amphibious assault compared to normal peacetime operations. I want to say the medical staff quadruples
lol extra bit at the end
Bro gave us time to ponder
Gotta get over 10min for the algorithm
The first time I saw a sink like that on the Wisconsin, I wondered how many officers used that sink for a secondary purpose in an emergency...
Saw the sinks on USS Hornet and had a similar thought! Haha.
You wouldn't want to use that sink to brush your teeth after using it for a secondary purpose.....
That smell doesn't go away....
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Definitely a good idea to put sinks higher just to avoid that kind of temptation.
It's nice to be back to what feels like a bog standard New Jersey video. It's comforting, and informative. Shouts out to the staff!
Bog standard. I love that phrase.
So blessed to get back to normal programming. Glad to hear about the ship.
Thank you Libby and Ryan for taking my comment from “Battleship NJ Returns Home: From The Sky and the Ship” and make another ship exploration video!! I know you all are extremely busy getting the ship back open and ready for visitors. You guys are the best!
So glad I watched till the end 😊
that ending though! 🤣
I hear ya Ryan, it has been a long day!!!
If the Signal Shack has been refurbished, it would be nice to see how it looks now. Thank you for the tour of the stateroom!
As an officer in the Coast Guard Auxiliary Culinary Assistance program (we supply volunteer cooks for USCGC Stations and Cutters) I'm always interested in the galleys, sculleries, and mess decks.. Two years ago I was deployed on the USCGC Bertholf both in the Arctic and Central America, my quarters were in officer's country where I shared space with a Navy Lieutenant - somewhat similar to this space except there were two built in bunks and an ensuite head and shower. Space was slightly bigger (we had separate desk spaces). Great sleeping space, constant background noise from ventilators, etc. and of course rocking of the ship (I was slightly surprised by the fore and aft motion which had to do with the stateroom being fairly far forward.). Ryan, thank you for your video series, keep up the great work.
I appreciate the authenticity of the preserved spaces and how you leave them furnished as if the crew had just stepped out of the room.
The stateroom reminds me of a jail cell. Thank you Ryan for showing us this stateroom; small but better than the regular sailor's quarters.
there is only so much room on a battleship for crew... they're big but take hundreds of people to operate.... that square footage is precious. might seem small and spartan but imagine what life was like for the general crew sharing bunks in a small space.
@@sibhuskyguy In some cases, the navy might try and cram as many as 6 enlisted men into that same space. Maybe not on the BB-62 New Jersey, but the Mark 6 LCT's placed 6 men into a 9x10 space, which is about the size of that space Ryan was in.
I'd be quite happy to see whatever you can show. And I do hope I will be able to visit when she's fully up a running as a museum. Several years back when I had a job that had me running all over the country, I was fortunate enough to have time to visit BB-59. I feel bad for the fellow I was working with on that particular job because he was stuck with me spending a good 6 or 7 hours going anywhere they would let us on that ship. I managed to go through 2 large backup batteries trying to keep my phone running while I took pictures of, well, everything. Had I known ahead of time that we would end up there, I would have brought a proper camera. There's a portable drive here at home with literally hundreds of photos I took that day. It was the first battleship I had ever visited, something I'll never forget. Needless to say, I'd be more than happy to see whatever you all are willing to show, lol.
HI RYAN,, MY SON MAX AND I JUST CAUGHT THE TAIL END ON A BLOOPER 10:07 ,, IT WAS FUNNY COULD YOU DO MORE IT MADE MY DAY ,,YOU SAID ITS BEEN A LONG DAY I AM TIRED ,,. HA!! YES IT'S BEEN A LONG DRY DOCK TIME TOO,, TAKE CARE OF YOUR SELF . LETS LAUGH TO.. PEACE THANKS..
What is the circular feature seen over your left shoulder? Also, what is up with the "Sopranos ending" of your video?...edit...just saw the end. Please include occasional outakes, adlibs, and bloopers! Love you guys, keep up the great work.
I loved the dry dock tour. How about a tour of the machine shop area. I toured the North Carolina and was impressed with the available shop equipment. I'm guessing the Iowa class is even more impressive. Great channel, keep up the good work.
Who is the girl in the picture? Is it a stock photo or an actual photo from someone who stayed in the cabin?
Before I retired from the Air Force I heard an interesting story. I was stationed at Langley AFB in VA, close to Norfolk Navy Base. I was in Communications, and hence this story. We often worked with the Navy on joint exercises, etc. One of our guys had to go on one of the Navy Command ships for a couple of weeks. He was met at the gangway by the officer of the deck. He was in civilian clothes, so the OD asked what his rank was. He told him he was an E-6. The OD said , “Oh ok, we will have you stay in First Class berthing.” He said there was nothing first class about it! Several months later he had to do it again, but he had put on MSgt (E-8). This time , because of his rank, they put him in Chief’s quarters. He said it was a DRAMATIC difference!
Thank you for these videos.
Great content as always.
@BattleshipNewJersey Too funny Ryan! Great video thanks for sharing!!!
I'd love for you to do a deep dive into the analog fire control computer for the 16" guns. It is a marvel of WW2 technology.
love the blooper reel
More end screen bloopers, please!😂
what the heck is that huge round thing on the wall behind you behind the steel beam?
I was wondering the same thing.
If you guys have time you could make a playlist with the videos where you've shown off different rooms or areas of the ship.
🤣Currently LOL'ing in Submariner!
where did the leader of the enginer department live aboard and how did he hold meetings with his staff of officer to service the the engine room, boilers and electrics aboard.
Great video as always. What about a video about the upper bow. You have talked about the revisions and changes briefly in past videos. I would like to know about the reason for the changes.
I've seen a number of your videos - well done. I would like to see your description of inside one of the big gun turrets.
If possible, it would be neat to see a walk from one area to another. Like from this cabin to the bridge or a gun turret.
Seeing any space is awesome. But I have two requests.
I’d like to see exploration of more unrestored spaces. The museum has done an excellent job preserving the ship, which would make me think that an unrestored space would be pretty much as the navy left it at the end of the ships career.
I’d also love to see all of the weird spaces. The ones that beg the question, what on earth is this doing here or even, what was it even for!?
That's definitely a WW2 computer! I saw the floppy disc slot 😅😅😅
Too funny
love to see medical spaces including surgery and x-ray... saw them on the plans.
Gaah Macintosh with a PC keyboard!
that portable sony set is quite nice.
And a PC monitor
We had I think 50 of them in our first lab in the 80's IIc's then 2es in color no less. Really. Really expensive in the dollar of those days.
@@blazemkiv3641 I was a little less worried about the PC monitor, it was comparatively trivial to adapt analog video to a different port or even minor signaling changes compared to how keyboards work.
My guess is the museum doesn't have a lot of enough accurate Apple vintage stuff for display and cobbled something together
That’s a pretty nice room. It’s got just about everything you need
I like the hidden outtakes
Ryan you should do a video about all the vintage computers onboard. Give a history on the story of how and why the Navy ended up with the computers on board, what they were used for and see if they work.
I can attest to the fact that they have a fully functioning Apple SE/30 along with its Image Writer II dot matrix printer. I donated my mother's one to them 😁
It would be good to contrast that space with a junior officer's stateroom. On the ships that I was on in the late 80's to 90's, there were bunks, as it was 2 to a stateroom for junior officers. Curious if that was the case on NJ.
I wouldn't be surprised if the New Jersey crammed as many as 6 junior officers into a single cabin.
I once spent 1.5 years on a USAF base, as a contractor. My company was building a very sensitive facility, and I provided night security for the site. My "orders" stated that I had O-3 rank, so I could give orders to the military people I interacted with. I'm curious what the quarters for an O-3, a Liuetenent, on the New Jersey would have been like.
It probably would have been similar except that at least 2 officers would be sharing the space.
Those drawers/cabinets shown at 2:18, I have that exact set in my garage.
Very cool, is there a video of the captains quarters?
Of course, now go look for it.
More blooper reels at the end of videos, please!
My grandfather was also a captain/ doctor when he served. I believe on the sub tender Holland
Machine shop!!!!!! Show one of the volunteers using the machines to make something for the ship!
Calling Dr Howard, Dr Fine, Dr Howard!
I'd like more details about the shift thrust bearing!
Take a nap Ryan, you deserve it 😊
Belair cigarettes on the desk. This cat was a man of culture.
Figured out what was bugging me. You've got a mid 90's Dell keyboard paired with that Macintosh.
3:18.. where Ryan gets his "Distressed" wardrobe
Looks like a standard state room that I’ve seen. Unclogging p-traps and fixing dripping faucets.
Good video. Stepping down a few levels, something like a senior petty officer's state room would be good.
I'd love to see that area where they stored all the nuts and bolts and such. We saw it in passing one time, but I'm a hardware guy and would love to see some of what they stocked and how much they kept in stock, maybe even learn how the kept track of everything if somebody used a pound of #6×3/4" Flat Head Wood Screws or 2 dozen 1/4"-20x 1-1/4" hex head bolts how would they keep track of that? Or did some poor guys have to count all that out once a year? However, there may be very few as interested in this subject other then me. I still wish someone would make up some "Bullseye" posters Boards from different spaces. I'd buy a few from the Carpenters to hang in my workshop lol
How about Jr. Officers staterooms? Like ensigns.
How about a video on (PG) sailor art in the engine rooms? Wisconsin has Boiler Room Betty--anything like that on New Jersey?
Has the museum ever considered turning some of the staterooms into Airbnb rooms for a fun overnight stay?
You can stay onboard the New Jersey overnight, but IIRC down in the crew quarters.
Can we have a video on the teak deck? It's been a while since we have seen it.
Another good video, but I'm not sure why you would need to update any of the furnishings in that space except the mattress, the chair, & the electronics.
Have you ever done a video on the Ships MailRoom?
Watch through to the end.
What about the draft from the gap under the beam? Does that go into another passage way?
I'm. Carroll. Smeltzer. My. Dad. Was. On. The. USS. New. Jersey from. 1965. To. 1972. He. Was. On. Deck. Divion
Great video! I'd like to see the Chiefs' billets if possible. Thanks
Any chance of doing a presentation on the Chief Engineer's berthing ?? I don't think that I have seen one on that position. Thank you for your time.
I would like to see GFCS M56 control room. Thanks Pete in South Carolina.
I'd love to see the captains quarters and the engine room
Have you done one on the med bay?
How about the plumbing crawl spaces underneath the heads on the armor deck? You mention them, but never really looked into them. Also, where were the stills hidden. I'm sure that in her career that various enterprising sailors have setup brewing and distillation setups to provide illicit booze.
Interesting. I've never seen computers like that in staterooms before. Was there some sort of primitive ship based intranet for them to access?
The room also has some similarities and differences to the staterooms on my museum ship (USS Hornet CV 12). Like, the desk is integrated into some of the shelving, and is painted seafoam green. There are also two safes- one in the back of the desk, and another safe on the wall next to the bed and sink.
I see a COSAL binder in the book shelf. Was that a supply officer room as well as the medical officer stateroom?
Do you have any pictures of a "aluminum tomato" target? I just seen it mentioned on a video about the USS Iowa. The docent said it was made to reflect radar so they would have a target for practice.
I cannot find any pictures of such a target. Would make for an interesting video.
It just kind of looks like a big red ball
I would be very interested to know how many curators can be stacked in one of the gray water tanks
Have you done the Admiral's quarters when the ship was used as flag ship?
I would like to see the memorial space.
Random question: Does the gap in the upper part of the bulkhead where the large beam passes through connect to another stateroom?
I would like to see the stateroom for the most junior officers
What was considered the “break over” between senior officers and junior officers? Was it rank? Department head/duties? Some combination? Was there segregation according to duties? For example, we’re engineering officers quartered elsewhere, perhaps lower in the ship to be closer to machinery spaces? Just wondering how accommodation assignments were made.
I have the commanf histories for the U.S.S. New Jersey for 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991 for the years of New Jersey's deployments except for 1983 and 1984. The ship command histories were obtained from the ships commamd file at the Naval Historical Center at the Washingron Navy Yard during one of my 86 visits between 2005 and 2019. If yuo have copies of the 1983 and 1984 command histories I would like to know the cost and postage for the photo copies.
I would love to know the name of “the guy” or “guys” that decided “USN Puke Green” was ‘soothing’ and a great color for the interior of a submarine or ship? I recently went to look at a new home and the ‘interior designer’ painted a larger portion of the walls in a very similar color. I don’t know if I was having non-soothing flashbacks over the color or my body just trying to retch up lunch because my brain couldn’t handle what it was seeing.
That’s more than what I ever had as an enlisted sailor. 😊
Lemme guess, you think all these hifalutin senior officers are still oppressing you because they all went on to be billionaires.
@@penultimateh766 Someone's got a case of the mondays.
What is the worst standing watch position/job when at sea, in port?
Is that one of the radium alarm clocks? Do the numbers & the arms light up green in the dark!
What about the ship' air conditioning? If it was not built with it installed, when was it? Thanks
Bit of an oddball question but have you gone around and pulled the backup batteries from your display computers? They're all leaking these days, turns the machine into a paperweight
Wonder if that MAC still works?
Leave a bowl of milk for Captain Katz.
lol, and actually two, one for each of the two Captain Katz's.
Can you cover any hazing that would happen to newbies? It is the military, it happened. Not talking about the crossing the equater thing, that is well known.
czcams.com/video/eBZdL69BksQ/video.html
I thought my sight had failed at the end. Luckily my wife opened the curtain. Whew!
Did the ship have a printing press for bulletins what have you.
It did, here's a deep dive into the similar process on our friend Salem: czcams.com/video/mpo4pU2DdHY/video.html
Whose the lady in the pic on the desk?
As USS New Jersey had some mine clearing capacities:. did she also was equipped for mine laying? If so, where would the mines and the tools be stored?
she did not have mine laying capabilities
@@BattleshipNewJersey Thanks for your information
I served on a WW11 class destroyer ( DD 708 ) in the mid 60's . Can't say I ever remembered any compartment being painted green . Interesting . Why green ?.
I don’t think you’ve done a video in DC Central. The heart of damage control on the ship. That would be cool.
8:25 “Here’s two minutes in the stateroom with all the lights off.”
What is the smallest occupied space? What is the largest?
Captain's and admiral's cabin
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Two of them