¿Cuántas personas se necesitan para apuntar las armas más grandes de la Marina de los EE. UU.?
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a plexiglass status board seems like something which would be high on a shopping list of souvenirs while the ship was going into mothballs. That's definitely something you could walk out the ship with tucked under your arm and nobody is gonna ask where it's going.
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Probably not. If the person wasn't assigned as a talker, than the person probably didn't have a headset.
On the ships I i was on, a talker during GQ/GE was usually ONLY a talker, and nothing else. Their job was to pass information to the people who needed it.
Bearing in mind that if communications were broken, that talker might suddenly turn into a messenger, and you don't want someone who was doing a job to leave to communicate with someone else.
I was an engineer, so my billets were engineering stations (mostly). So for SSD I had aft steering or bow prop (I was moved as needed). I was the ranking person in those spaces, there was usually a PO3 or non rate to handle comms while the others could do jobs in an emergency.
Assuming you are serious…
"General Quarters" is not a person, but a condition. General quarters is "battle stations, but they aren't called battle stations.
Does anyone in the Navy know how to operate a battleship? Is there a complete "how to" set of manuals and training curriculum that exists for such an activity? If so, would it still be classified? Or, has this knowledge been lost to the seas of time? I seem to remember some news about bringing back WWII, Korean War and Vietnam era veterans to help recommission these battleships during the 80's.
Very interesting episode. Thanks Ryan!
Yes! Continue the series.
I'd like to see this kind of video for each of the directors, too
Excellent presentation! Yes, I want to see more videos of this kind. Very educational!
Yes this was a good format. Coordinating 18 technical sailors seems daunting.
I would love to see a video about which museum ships people should visit and in what order
Definitely do the one for the bridge ?
You do not sharpen a grease pencil with a pencil sharpener.
Quick question, is that "airport" simply to help circulate air? Is there any fan or climate control in there?
Hey,anyone know why there is a porthole near the phones?
9:16 The graphic on the Mk 48 computerpotting table shows the two forward turrets, looking down the barrel of the guns & is labeled "Appetite for Destruction"
Master Chief Maxwell would know.
Ryan often mentions General Quarter. I have not found much information on him. Did he serve during Ww2? Did the General or the Captain order the ship around?
Awesome video today, Battleship cove also put out a excelent 2 part video with Naval gunnery expert Dr. John Scholes exlpaining this in great detail on Mammie.
Thanks Ryan for these great detail videos. It would be very informative to put together a video of how all these spaces coordinate to launch a shell. Who decides the target? How is the range, elevation, shell type determined? Where do those commands go and how do they coordinate to launch that projectile?
Engine and boiler rooms would be very interesting to see. I had a Grandfather who served on the California pre war in the engineering spaces and fun to see how it worked.
I would like to see it done for the bridge cic and the different spots
great shipboard acheology- thx for sharing and pls continue with those interesting facts!
Again interesting video. Just wondering. Who is sitting on the only stool in the room??
Love the pause for dramatic effect!
Nice video. 🙂 Is there a second plot room behind that room?
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Honestly, if you found a book with the people stationed in the galley during general quarters I'd watch it. I'm genuinely interested in who manned where regardless of the importance of that job or space in combat.
Did they really use that old analog stuff in the 80s? We had computers back then that would do a whole lot better.
@Battleship New Jersey: What is the open porthole behind Ryan leading into the next compartment in most of the shots?
@Battleship New Jersey: Awesomely informative video. I'd love to see: bridge, CIC, CEC, engineering, maybe Sky1/2, DC stations, casualty (humans, right?) stations, helipad.
Would there have been anyone on deck during GQ in a firefight? Were there any large compartments (maybe forward outside the armor) that would have been completely empty during GQ?
That is a piece of incredible history there! Yes, we are very much interested in the documentation of the positions.
this is a great video…..would it be possible to do with actual people ? and show jsut how crowded it can be in spaces?
I have a Question Can The outside Secondary outside Batterys (40mm And 20mm) be manned and shooting when the Main batterys are fired?
It's a trick question. One is enough. Wherever the gun is pointing, the guy driving the ship can just turn in the correct direction.
Billeting and general quarters is very interesting, and it’s a shame that this simple knowledge is almost lost to time just by way of people not writing these things down before all the old timers pass on. I appreciate you taking the time and effort to find and research these things to bring to the masses! I would love to see more of these types of videos in the future! Thank you Ryan and Battleship New Jersey!
Love the archeology aspect of your work.
Great video! These manning details are very informative. Thank you, Ryan. I hope you get a chance to show us a few more spaces with that book.
you know Ryan and the crew are Jelly of the Iowa right now…
Can you make a video on the process of range finding, how the machinery is being used to find the target? Would be great to know how they did back in the day
I've seen status boards before or on various things generally speaking they have fixed information on them so somebody could have decided that information was classified and remove it.
Why the portholes between interior spaces?
Two questions. What is the 6 foot tall, by about 6 inch round pipe looking thing tied up to that wire bundle? Also, is that actually a seat sicking out of the side of the rangefinder? It's got a pad and what look like foot pegs, just looks kind of awkward to be sitting so high up.
How do you feel about uss Iowa getting her turret 3 to rotate? There's videos on there YouTube channel
It amazes me that with all that's going on they can manage to put shots where they want them before the target isn't where they were aiming anymore.
If the turrets were used by the army, they'd still send it to the small arms repair guy to fix because the guns are still striker fired and therefore a firearms, and when the gunsmith breaks his back from having to handle the guns, the VA will say their injury was not service related
I would love to see a staff video like this on a fire control centre/command room.
Is sea based artillery more or less accurate than land based?
Another excellent video, Ryan. Many thanks to you and your team. I'd love to see more of these types of explanations of how various departments or functions were organized. In addition to the turrets and fire control, some good topics would be the bridge watch, conning tower, damage control and boiler/engine rooms. I also think it is great that you and your staff keep finding these amazing artifacts.