Drydocking Battleship New Jersey: A Project Overview
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- In this episode we're doing an overall look at the entire drydock project.
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The views and opinions expressed in this video are those of the content creator only and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial, the Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc., its staff, crew, or others. The research presented herein represents the most up-to-date scholarship available to us at the time of filming, but our understanding of the past is constantly evolving. This video is made for entertainment purposes only.
By the time we’ll be watching this, we’ll be within 12 hours of Big J being afloat again. Assuming all is well hereafter, we won’t see her high and dry again for about another 30 years. Truly a once in a generation moment here.
Perfect. I just turned 30. Next time she’s in drydock I’ll be a pension collecting retiree with nothing better to do in life then to fly across the continent to see a boat out of the water 😂
@@speed150mphI’m 32 - we might just run into each other in a drydock sometime in the 2050s!
My good buddy and I made it from Idaho for her last weekend of drydock. The first Iowa class I've seen. Truly massive in scale and absolutely incredible experience. My sincerest thank you to all individuals that made that possible.
It is so great that the dry dock tours paid for additional work that will preserve the ship.
yeah, that made me really happy to hear
I think Ryan should be recognized for his part - doing regular videos that did a great job of letting people know and getting them excited to come. Without his YT video, I'll bet the turn out would have been significantly lower.
those divers are some of the unsung heros of this story.... all the workers deserve recognition for their part in preserving the ship's history.
"all the workers deserve recognition"
Why they are only doing what they get paid for.
Why not?? No "volunteer" is trained or capable... Even though the "paid" workers "had to do their job" they are a part of the history of the battleship and should be recognized as such IMHO....
@@franksouthcott3740 I wouldn't say "no volunteer is trained or capable". Many volunteers are very experienced in what they do.
@@dennisfariello4852 I agree... I was thinking along the lines of say of divers with special certs, possibly welders, etc...
Walking underneath this ship while on the blocks was the experience of a lifetime. I will never forget it. A huge thank you to all staff and volunteers for the great tour. A monumental achievement!
The face of a man deeply satisfied by a project well done.
Well-earned.
Yeah, but Ryan looks tired. I hope he has some vacation time coming. He's earned it.
I can’t imagine how much work this has been for him and the rest of the museum. A job of a lifetime, one that will cement his own legacy.
I'm sure you got a lot of compliments from a lot of people who came on the dry dock tours, but it was an honor to meet you, Ryan! As I told you when I was speaking to you, it is extremely obvious that the Battleship New Jersey is in excellent hands with you as the curator. The discussion in this and other videos about the doubler plates over the shell plating on the bow of the ship is a perfect example of that. It was work that according to the Navy didn't have to be done, but you and your crew put in the extra effort to do this work underneath the ship where nobody will see it for the next 30 years because it was the right thing to do and you care.
This is more than just mere professionalism. It speaks to the passion with which you approach your job. Without discussing where I currently work, let me just say that I also deal with a lot of legacy equipment. It's just that mine is still active, and it although a few pieces are nearly as old as the Battleship, much of it is about half her age. Regardless, when performing a major overhaul to these pieces of equipment, I can see the care and dedication of workers who have long since retired and probably even passed on who's past work I am now inheriting in this phase of the equipment's operational life. I can see the care and dedication they put into something that wasn't immediately apparent to anyone outside of the inner workings of the equipment. My work was made easier sometimes several decades later because of the care and professionalism of the people who came before me. As the saying goes, Ryan, "game recognizes game."
Also, while you are the "face" of my compliment, this honestly extends to the entire staff of full-time members and volunteers that help maintain this ship. The importance of having someone in charge that cares so much and is so dedicated, really speaks volumes to what the material condition of the ship will be like long after you are gone and others have taken your place and the places of those who are currently on your crew. She may no longer be an active ship, but I have to say, you are more than just a curator of Battleship New Jersey. You are the Captain now.
Well said
Huge thanks to the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial staff and volunteers! This has been an amazing project to follow and so thankful the Big J is in good hands. Also a huge thumbs up 👍 to the workers at North Atlantic Ship Repair who did impeccable work. Also I'm incredibly thankful to have had the opportunity to walk underneath this historic vessel.
THANK YOU EVERYONE for the careful planning and care, that you have shown to keep this grand lady in the best shape possible. Really appreciate all of the videos! Hope that Ryan can/will stay curator for many more years to come.
Well I think I speak for everyone who went for a drydock tour when I say. Glad it helped get the job done and we'll be back.
As a taxpayer of the state of New Jersey, I approve of the work done, and the work put in by our favorite Curator., his love and his respect for this beautiful ship, that put fear into our enemies for 60 plus years. God bless you Ryan.
I'm happy my tour went to helping add projects that will help keep this ship preserved for decades 😊
While not 'Navy' (USMC, but thanks for the ride!), I've always adored the 'Capital Ships.' It's a damned tragedy so many were sold for scrap (That were fortunate enough to SURVIVE the war(s) they were engaged in), but to see at least a few of them honored, respected, and treated with the love they deserve and have earned, is truly heart-warming.
Thank you for all the wonderful, hard work you do to make and then share these videos!
THANK YOU, THE COMMUNITY AND FANS AND DONATORs OF THE USS NEW JERSEY TO LET THIS PROJECT HAPPEN ❤❤❤
I can only hope a future curator loves this ship as much as Ryan does. And the future guy gets great support from ordinary folks.
What a fantastic historical record you have provided to all of us. Your entire staff should be commended and remembered for your contributions to making this happen. Thank you all so much!
I am so glad that my nephew and I as well as Dr. John Scholes made the April 6th drydock tour as it was a truly awesome experience, never to be seen again in my lifetime. Hats off to Ryan and all New Jersey staff and volunteers for a very successful overhaul. Also a very well done to the professional staff of North Atlantic Ship Repair for all their hard work, dedication to a quality job and support of the Battleship. We look forward to New Jersey's return to Camden and completion of her ongoing projects.
For shipping the zinc anodes, the USPS Flat rate mailers might be the ticket - and charge the flat right back
Right! If it fits, it ships, flat rate, regardless of weight. Great idea!
Just measured the one I got last weekend, it's 6.25" X 12" X 1.25", 20.2 lbs.
So the $18.40 medium size flat rate side load box would work, good for up to 70lbs.
@@MartysRandomStuff problem is, that the box must be reinforced, or the anode will come out.
Fun fact, that caulk is made by Thiokol, the same company that made the Solid Rocket Boosters for the Space Shuttle.
And also most of our ICBM fleet.
It was truly a once in a lifetime experience, and you signed my hard hat! It's hanging in my garage as a momento. Well done to all involved in the project.
As a Pennsylvanian I am glad Philadelphia is still good for something. Glad the NJ will be preserved for future generations
Congrats to Ryan, the staff, and all the yard workers and towing teams that have been involved. One can argue that this is probably the most successful museum dry-docking project so far, given how much was done in so little time and even funding the complications and extras itself. The history learned and shared, the in-depth explanations, and even the coordinated pieces with various celebs (Hi Drach!) and museum reps has really turned this from a "Here's the new paint" video to "Come along with us on every step! You can help, too."
What you've done on your channel has been to bring the non-enthusiast into the fold, getting the curiosity going, making museums cool again in the digital era. This can only help the museum ships as a whole and should be the model for what everyone should try to achieve if possible.
It was an awesome once in a lifetime experience visiting Big "J" in the drydock on Mother's day with the mother of my children and two of our teenagers. I am thrilled that we got to share this with the next generation who will one day be responsible for the care and maintenance of these important national treasures. Big shout out to all of the crew, staff, volunteers and workers for such a well planed and executed project. I am so proud to see all of the Love and Support coming from people from all walks of life and from all around the world !!!
Ryan, you have taken us on a wonderful journey of USS New Jersey in drydock and much more. Thank you for ur devotion and time to get the job done. A shout out to all the crew, ship workers, welders, and painter's on this big project. Great work guys !
The old girl looks spectacular Ryan. Can't wait to see the ship's sides painted anew as well.
It's nice to hear they saved the fish that got into the drydock.
Every single person involved in this project deserves thanks. I’m sure for many of the shipyard workers and contractors it may be just another job, as opposed to those that do this out of passion, but their skills and labour will still save this ship for years to come. Not that it wouldn’t be cool for those workers for whom it’s a livelihood, I’m sure it was, maybe just not at much so for some of us history nuts. But their work is as invaluable as anyone else involved. As a worker in manufacturing, I get little thanks, but I know the end work is important, so to my fellow tradesmen, thank you!
Dear Ryan, a personal thank you for all the effort you and your colleagues have made to create all these YT vids, allowing people a little farther away (like me in The Netherlands...) to follow this huge job. It was a pleasure to see you on/in/under the ship, explaining many details that I had never heard of. Compliments to all the people that were involved in this project!
Good job Ryan!! I know the Marines who survived Okinawa because of her naval gun support will rest easier because she is preserved.
It's great to have documented this docking period , with today's technology it's been possible to do it in a depth never possible before . A great effort by everyone involved and an invaluable asset to Ryan's successors .
Congratulations to Mr. Szimanski and his Battleship New Jersey team!! This looks like a job VERY well done. You and your team should be very proud of the work you did to preserve this priceless memoral to our history and our service members for years to come. Thank you.
This has been one of the most fascinating engineering processes I’ve watched on YT. Thanks to Ryan for keeping it so very interesting!
Hi Ryan! Those "stiffener plates" you keep talking about are are technically called "doubler plates" that provide extra rigidity. "Stiffeners" are the vertical members along bulkheads. Make sure to revise the hull plating drawings showing where you put those "doubler plates" for future reference. 😊
He's correctly called them "doublers" or "doubler plates" in prior videos, but for to the laymen that may be watching "stiffeners" helps to reinforce their actual job of beefing up the strength of the weaker portions.
Ship Zinc with Large Flat Rate USPS Priority shipping (12 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 6 in) with a weight limit of 70 lbs for about $22. When I was buying lead, that was always how it got shipped. Assuming they are less than 70 lbs, that should work. Do add extra padding and boxing.
I was thinking maybe ship via USPS book rate. Cheap but slow.
@@major__kongdoesn't media mail have to be used for media? Like, legally?
@@major__kong that would be illegal, and also media mail is subject to be opened by any USPS employee to check for compliance
Thanks for taking us long with the 2 and a half month journey. I live on the west coast in BC and wasn't able to come visit. The videos made me feel like I was there.Been learning a lot from your video! Thanks Ryan and everyone else who made these awesome videos! Look forward to seeing future work!
So happy I got to see her in drydock. It was my first time ever seeing any naval vessel that close and I sure am glad that it was an Iowa class! Maybe one I'll be able to tour one topside and check that off my bucket list :)
Wow fantastic overview it’s been great to watch the progress from Australia.
went there on june 8th after reading a comment on a previous video, someone mentioned giving her a belly rub and that pushed me over the edge to get a ticket, well worth it! i even asked for permission to scratch an anode with my hard hat as a momento, didn't want to scratch the paint. too bad i'm already forgetting the scale when looking at my pics, they really do not do it justice. thanks to everyone who set this up!
Appreciate the summary.
Just astounding to think about how complicated this project is, and while I'm sure it wasn't without snafus, it sure seems like everyone did a great job!
Thanks for the excellent recap. That was a great summary of more than a month of painstaking work.
Thanks for videos! If I didn't live so far away I would have loved to see it in person. Great job!
I've seen a few cool things in my life, kinda sad i didn't have the time to be there in person, but at least i get to cross this off my proverbial bucket list. Definitely top 10, and that's ranked with the Great Pyramid before it was swallowed up by civilization. Neat stuff, very neat. I hope that she really goes in drydock again within my life time, so i get to see it for real that time.
Great overview of the dry docking Ryan❣️ Thanks for this. Might be a good video for display onboard once you get settled back at the pier.
It was truly incredible getting to see underneath the ship. I just remember looking up almost vertically and couldn’t even see the sky it was so big. Truly any unforgettable experience and once in a lifetime unless more ships start to offer dry dock tours. Next time it potentially would be available is when I’m going to be quite old. 😅
She looks great dude.
Nice work on the video production Libby.
Congradulations on the dry docking. I wish had could have gone but other committments prevented it. Here is to another 30 years.
Ryan seems as humble as they come, and extremely hard working. I’d love to hear his personal story, professionally, as to how he became a curator at a relatively young age. Was it study in one specific field, was it pure passion for history, what was it? I’d love Ryan to share what it takes to get to this point in his career for those that could dream of it. It’ll never happen for me, but I’d love to know what it would’ve taken because I can dream about being what he is. I’m sure there is many followers of the page that would just LOVE to have this kind of job. Don’t worry, Ryan, we’d never want to usurp your job or even overtake you, but just to know what it takes.
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@@BattleshipNewJersey thank you! This is from before I found the channel, so thanks for digging that up from why must be 100’s of videos ago.
Great ship. Saw her sister Iowa in LA years ago and this year the Midway. Beautiful ships
I vow to not to belly ache next time I have to paint the foyer!
What a yoeman’s job you and everyone else has done. Well done!
Incredible!
The fish are grateful 😁😁😁😁
they weren't deported, they were repatriated.
Nice job on the paint job and repairs, guys!
The ship looks "gently used" now!
Seriously, it looks in much better shape than at least half the downtowns of most major cities now!
Thank you Ryan!
Those workers did a great job.
Thanks!
Excellent job!
Fantastic series of updates. Thank you.
BRAVO!
Amazing to be nearing the finish line of this epic project!
Bravo! well done to Ryan and the entire Big J staff!
brilliant job you are doing...
Ryan, have you all considered melting down the anodes removed from the New Jersey and melting them down and casting them into a either small ingots that resemble the anodes that were removed from her with BB-62 USS New Jersey Big J and her Dry Dock Date. Another thought I had was casting something that looks like a “challenge coin” with similar information as described above and perhaps colorize the coin. Additionally a larger circular casting could be done with felt on one side and information cast on the other and sprayed with a coat of clear and sold as a coaster or desktop object. There are countless other objects that could be cast from the zinc anodes removed from New Jersey that could generate far more income than just selling the anodes as is as well as being able to be shipped to customers wold wide.
Excellent overview, Ryan.
Thank you to all that support, and donate this beautiful ship, Thank you😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍
Wow the Big J is almost done!
It is a beautiful ship.
Thank you to all donations for making the extra work feasable!!
Ryan: After dewatering the holds, what is the process to get them completely dry?
4:24 6 tons! WOW!
So will there be a DVD or video file for sale on the whole drydocking experience? That's be cool to have.
I suspect once the ship is back safe and securely tied up in Camden, Ryan and company are going to spend a week asleep.
You guys had better lash Ryan to the mast, or he will swerve the ship off course when the South Philly girls start calling to him. "Hoagies, hooooa gies"
Nah, nah. They have to stash Ryan in one of the guns (which is curator sized) in case there's any loot boat stashed down the river. Wouldn't want him to commandeer the tugs, now would we?
I was on the Missouri, twice. She was sailing. It was in Portland, Oregon.
No-no-no, that ship can't 'sail'!
Nice
I said it before, and I say it again.
If I had a boat on the Delaware River, I would take a few days off and float along (at a safe and respectable distance) with the New Jersey as a friendly escort as she made her way home.
She doesn't get to travel much anymore, so it would be good to be there with her. Friends on the water.
Well we learned that New Jersey can never be reactivated with the fuel transfer values and pipes are too far gone
But the Navy did pack all engine piping to preserve them ...they 'could' with time and $
With enough money and stubborn people anything can happen.
Why would they ever bring the Iowas back at this point. They'd be liabilities in a fleet more than anything
so did you guys test the welds on the stiffener plates to make sure they are water tight? the welding is upside down so the most difficult to get a perfect weld.
I hope you are able to give us a postscript on you and your team's feelings once the project is complete (i.e. once everything is back together and you are open for business).
Also, if BB62 ends up being the last ship in Drydock #3, how does that make you feel?
Man I would love to ride that ship back into port, unfortunately I’m on the other side of the country
What work was done to the propellers?
Hopefully the Olympic can get a drydocking.
At some point - can you do a video discussing NJ's host of various escort-compliments... particularly her ww2 and korean era destroyer escorts and their roles in her deployments. Specifically, during ww2, the role of the destroyer changed pretty dramatically because of the advancement of sonar technology and the realization that if you have 2 or 3 destroyers screening a capital ship close-aboard, you can not only use your depth-charges to attack enemy subs - but, if you spot torpedo wakes coming in from 1,500 yards - you can steer into a position to launch a full spread of charges at minimum depth and, theoretically, you can depth charge the torpedoes before they have a chance to hit home. So, before the age of guided and/or wakeless torpedoes - the realization was that destroyers can serve an even more important function destroying enemy torpedoes fired at your mothership than even hunting down enemy subs. By the time the navy realized the tactics that they could use - the IJN had no submarines or fuel left - so I don't believe that we ever successfully did defeat torpedoes with destroyer-launched depth-charges - but the tactic seems completely sound on paper.
The other thing destroyers specifically were needed for was sonar screening - especially in screening the baffles (the area behind the screws where any ship not equipped with a towed sonar-array or boom can't hear a gosh-darn thing). They also picked up pilots that had to ditch or went overboard and were needed in case the ship needed to be evacuated. You could also drop a couple of destroyers back so that one was trailing 27-28 miles behind the capital ship and then another one 27-28 miles behind that and then if another task-force deploys additional ships spaced far enough to just be on the edge of the horizon - you can use pre-planned transmission times and locations to use high-power low-aperture signal lamps to flash messages between ships 30 miles apart in near real-time - so, relaying messages in this fashion meant - you can put a 5-minute delay on a message but have the ship that actually broadcasts the radio message be 250 miles away from the ship that actually issued the message or order.
As a matter of fact - you could do an entire hour-long video on the design, type, function, power, range, placement, doctrine, and practical use of the various signal lamps employed by the various navies aboard their fleets during ww2. Destroyers actually had their primary signal lamps mounted in a precise location where the deck-above creates an engineered amount of defilade such that enemy aircraft wouldn't be able to detect the flashing signal lamp unless they were very close, there was fog, or they were skimming the ocean surface. Basically, if an enemy plane happened to be scouting overhead - as long as they were at altitude - it wasn't possible for them to see the destroyer's signal lamps - so, hopefully, we wouldn't accidentally betray our position - but could still communicate in radio silence, at distance, at night.
I beg that you can ship the Anodes! I am from Utah and can't really just come to the Black Dragon to purchase one. I will gladly pay shipping for one!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Will this video play on the ship in some kind of exhibit recording the dry dock period for history?
Did you or the workers write your names on the hull on places where slabs of steel would be welded over?
Very interesting, what type work did the props get?
In a previous video of the drydocking, Ryan talked about how props being painted meant that they wouldn't deteriorate as quickly, but I don't recall whether or not these were going to be painted.
Maybe Amazon will cut you a deal to deliver the anodes?
I bet it's been a sleepless couple months for everyone involved in the project, but the end is near. On another note, there is dredging planned? Might be another tow in the near future then.
From someone who would love to be able to order one of the zinc anodes from the online store, most of us aren't thar concerned about the price.
Interested in anode purchase. I can pick up in Camden. Deck lumber? Please advise! My Uncle served on BNJ during the Korean War and a lifetime NJ resident.
I have always wondered how each panel is formed to perfectly match the surrounding pieces and create a hull form such as at the bow or anywhere else along the complete formation. You said thicknesses were greater than and inch....you can't just bend the metal around to match the next piece. I know ships have been built out of steel for centuries using rivets originally. Then they have to be connected to internal frames to form the complete hull. How is this accomplished?
Did you guys film any time lapse of the water refilling the drydock?
We did, It will show up on this channel eventually. In the mean time, here's video from when we did it for painting under the blocks: czcams.com/video/Td-lFwOuGgM/video.html
Ryan, I don’t give a hoot what the shipping cost is. I’ve been checking out the ships store religiously for those anodes. lol
I’d pay your asking price, plus whatever shipping is needed. Just let a guy know!
Ryan I saw an Iowa, Wisconsin, on Project Bluebook last ep, any truth to that story or just fully fictional?
USPS Flat Rate Boxes!
is the navy paying for the entire drydocking project?
No. Don't think they're paying for it at all
@@admiralmallard7500 it turned out that they paid ZERO. all fund came from nj state gov and local fund rasing.
Did you paint over the caulk on the seems
No, can see the stripes
USPS flat rate shipping for the anodes.
I think USPS also has an even cheaper book rate. Doesn't have to be books, though. It's slow because I think they wait until they have a critical amount of heavy stuff and then bulk ship it on semis.
Heard some details, despite having followed the series.
Pity of the focus.
Played at double speed.