SS Badger Exchanging Salutes with Type B Diaphone Horn
The @SSBadgerFerry 2022 sailing season came to a close on October 16th and I wanted to close out the season by exchanging salutes on her final departure from Manitowoc!
The ship's reply to the master salute (3 long, 2 short) features the ship's original steam horn (a Tyfon 300) on the 2 short blasts. The chime horn is a Kahlenberg T4 air horn. Kahlenberg is located in Two Rivers - 10 miles north of here. Kahlenberg is the location of this diaphone's first test-soundings after restoration...AND the location that first sounded the Titanic's whistles after they were pulled from the depths of the Atlantic and restored. I digress...
The SS Badger and the other rail ferries of her time were instrumental in the economic development of the area. From the first car-ferries of the 1880s until the Badger sailed out of Kewaunee for the last time in 1990, the ships of Lake Michigan rail ferry service transported tens of thousands of rail cars, and millions of tons of cargo across the lake.
Since 1992, the Badger has sailed again between Manitowoc, WI and Ludington, MI, carrying passengers and automobiles and semis. The continued sailing of the SS Badger not only allows a shortcut across Lake Michigan for passengers and any size vehicle, it also helps stimulate the economies of the cities it serves.
She's a National Historic Landmark, an actual floating highway and it also carries the distinction of being the last coal fired passenger ferry in the US.
Hopefully it remains that way.
Being in the engine room and even pilothouse is like stepping back into the 1950s. It is a living, breathing, steaming museum.
Hopefully this museum keeps steaming for years to come.
I've been asked many times where my passion for the Great Lakes began, and I can tell you without a doubt it began with this ship and Captain Dean Hobbs. I sailed on the Badger for the first time as a young kid in 1995. While walking the ship with my dad, I met Dean. He took us to the pilothouse and engine room, inviting us back up when we came into Manitowoc at night.
A couple years later, we took the trip again, and again I saw Dean. Each time I traveled and saw him, he'd show us a different part of the ship, usually ending up in the pilothouse for docking.
Shortly after I met my wife, we brought our young son and took a Boatnerd cruise and stayed overnight on the ship in Ludington. Again, Dean hooked me up and I got to film the engine room on departure the next morning. You can find that video on this channel.
That cruise was unfortunately the last time I saw Dean. Captain Dean Hobbs passed away in November of 2013.
After having restored this diaphone and brought it to salute the ship that sparked everything, it's really allowed me an opportunity to remember how it all began. Thank you, Dean. 3 & 2.
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I like how the ship responded to the horn with the exact same tone he used 😂
@LighthouseJake
Жыл бұрын
It's known as a salute. 3 long blasts and 2 short is called a "master salute" 1 long and 2 short is more of an informal salute
@wevefriends
Жыл бұрын
As a train enthusiast I think you should do 2 long 1 short and 1 long.
@VoidHalo
10 ай бұрын
That's just coincidence. The tone they use isn't controllable, per se. It depends purely on the size and shape of the horn. Especially the size. A large horn tends to make a lower pitched sound because low pitched sounds have longer wavelengths (the size of the sound wave). Whereas high pitched noises have a short wavelength. So, tiny horns (or whistles) tend to make higher pitched sounds. As an, example, a sound with a frequency of 120hz, has a wavelength of 283cm, so from peak to peak, each wave is almost 10 feet long. Whereas a higher pitch, say 800hz has a wavelength of just 42.5cm (1.5 feet). The horns don't just put out a single frequency though. If you close your eyes and listen closely, you can hear it's a combination of a low tone and a high tone. On the ship, I'm sure they have multiple horns which each produce a different frequency that sound at the same time. Cars do this, in fact. There isn't just 1 horn in a car, but rather 2 which each emits a separate frequency, and combine to produce what's called a beat frequency, which you hear as a sort of warble. Sirens do this very noticably because it's very irritating and gets your attention. I won't get into details about how beat frequencies work, but if you're heard of binaural beats, it's the same idea. Otherwise, IF you're interested enough, I encourage you to look up anything you don't understand on Wikipedia to at least get a rundown explanation. Some terms you can search are harmonics, resonance, wavelength, beat frequency, timbre, just off the top of my head. IF you're interested. =)
@a64738
9 ай бұрын
Similar but much deeper tone...
@nathanielcruz6675
8 ай бұрын
@@wevefriends, is that what you railroad enthusiasts call a crossing signal?
That is cool as all hell
Badger has the best horns on the Great Lakes, well maybe the James Barker but this one’s up there
@jacobtapianieto9655
Жыл бұрын
Very well tuned Major 3rd.
Now THAT’S cool!! Gold star. 🌟
Man you gotta crank that up to 55psi with the echoes sounding that good. Amazing stuff!
@LighthouseJake
Жыл бұрын
The horn functions best around 40psi, which is what this sounding was regulated to. The pressure in the tank dropped under 40 at the end, which slightly dropped the pitch. When I first got the horn sounding, I bumped up the pressure to get a better sounding tone. Better lubrication in the cylinder has allowed me to drop the pressure back down under the manufacturer's recommended max operating pressure. In this horn, more pressure does not equal more volume, unfortunately.
@bxbomber92
Жыл бұрын
@@LighthouseJake it also sounds like you're prolonging the overall life of the horn by doing that which is good.
Jake, thanks for sending this. I love it. We also have a great time saluting back and forth to ships at the St. Clair toots.
highly amount of dudesmenship right there
A Master & a Captains Salute! It doesn't get any better!
wonderful
That is awesome 😊
That is just awesome.
I love working on the Badger.
I've loved the sound of tha badger horn sins I heard it in person it's on my top 5 with the lake guardian, James r barker, Roger blough and if it ever sailes again Edward l Ryerson
Righteous
Big boat go Toot toot!
1:02
does anyone know what model of horns the ss badger uses?
@nightwolfdoesthingslol
Жыл бұрын
Either a kahlenberg d4a or a t4 with one bell fouled (not working).
@LighthouseJake
Жыл бұрын
It's a Kahlenberg T4 (Triple) powered by air. It is also equipped with a steam Leslie tyfon 300. The ship answered my 3 & 2 with 3 long blasts from the Kahlenbergs, then added the steam tyfon (with the T horns) for the 2 short blasts.
@damiancameron3614
Жыл бұрын
Tyfon 300
@LighthouseJake
Жыл бұрын
@@damiancameron3614 thank you!!
SS Badger Vs Leslie A200 be like...
HUGE respect to the guy who replied with the same tone.👌
What does 1 long and 2 short mean?
@LighthouseJake
Жыл бұрын
The formal "master" salute is 3 long, 2 short. 1 Long, 2 short is a more informal salute. I didn't have enough air in the tank to do more than that. You can actually hear the pitch drop on the third long blast as the tank pressure gets below 50 psi.
Shave and a haircut?
@thirtycrows
Жыл бұрын
73 tu e e