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@markwilkins8314

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah DryDock, sorry Danny

@grlt23

3 жыл бұрын

Calling World of Tanks a "historical" game is like saying Doom is "realistic"...

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

Why did you lie when you said to consider every cost? Now when a US sailor onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower gave birth during active operations against ISIS? Did you add the costs of the worlds most expensive diapers after having to airlift them onto the carrier? Did you? ;-)

@ny5i

3 жыл бұрын

Wargaming missed out - this should have been sponsored by World of Warships

@jonathanorlando1294

3 жыл бұрын

Grasberg Mine, from discovery to modern operation, it is one of the craziest mega projects.

I have never given any thought in my 48 years of life about the workings of a drydock. Now I am strangely curious.

@jordanhardebeck4106

3 жыл бұрын

I’m 21 years old and it’s got my interest as a career lol

@jdrissel

3 жыл бұрын

I got to go into one at Newport News when I was a kid. I was told that the surface was about 50 feet over my head. I don't think the one I was in would hold a carrier though.

@dragonsword7370

3 жыл бұрын

When you watch enough documentaries you'll see one and get curious. That was me way back when.

@dotwill

3 жыл бұрын

I’d watch a video on the world’s largest dry dock!

@danielwhalen7289

3 жыл бұрын

I worked at nns I never really liked walking next to the drydock as I'm afraid of heights. The new carriers are huge and watching big blue with a super lift was cool. I would love to see a video on the Virginia class submarines.

Mega project: Newport News Ship Yard! Massive dry docks to behold!

@shadowOrgon

3 жыл бұрын

I work at Newport News shipyard (just over a year now), they really are mind boggling large, but fun fact: they were not designed for building carriers.. at the time the drydocks were built the shipyard was owned by a merchant ship company and built the big cargo ships.. the drydocks were designed for those. That merchant company sold newport news shipyard to Huntington Ingals and they happily used them for building carriers...which might I add just BARELY fits these drydocks... carriers are much heavier lol

@mm2pitsnipe72

3 жыл бұрын

@Skunk Ape SIMA ( Ships Intermediate Maint. Activity )

@Naviss

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please! Why wouldn't a ship yard not be impressive and a Mega project? How the hell you think we got this massive ships!

@stoneiecloudnine

3 жыл бұрын

I just want to see Simon do a video he thought he wouldn't have to do.

@giroromek8423

3 жыл бұрын

Do it Simon!

As a US merchant sailor who has sailed in the most dangerous water’s in the world I can say nothing is more reassuring then seeing one of these with a destroyer or two in the horizon

@astra8308

2 жыл бұрын

I imagine so. It’s like big daddy America’s got you in his arms lol.

@ranjithpowell6791

Жыл бұрын

Why? You’re not at war?

@SithFTW4072

Жыл бұрын

@@ranjithpowell6791 Piracy has made a comeback. So, there's that.

@celter.45acp98

Жыл бұрын

It's like uncle Sam sitting you on his lap after a long day makes you feel all warm & sage inside

@ihmpall

Жыл бұрын

Free healthcare is more reassuring

The Kevlar actually is designed as the final barrier in any attack, including a missile attack, from steel fragments kwown as "Spall". When there's an explosion the steel of the ship itself turns into shrapnel and this "Spall" can then pierce vital areas. The Kevlar is there just like in a bulletproof vest to stop those projectiles.

@randybobandy9828

9 ай бұрын

Definitely, I was like it's 6cm thick kevlar... That will stop massive shrapnel

I'd love to see the Ford Class or Dry Dock, anything Mega counts.

@raziellegacy6818

3 жыл бұрын

Ravi Kim soo... you like mega things ?

@gogoida1280

3 жыл бұрын

There was an ice carrier but it never got produced lmao

@SekhmetReverence

3 жыл бұрын

@@gogoida1280 damn that sounds cool lol

@SekhmetReverence

3 жыл бұрын

@@raziellegacy6818 obviously XD

@gogoida1280

3 жыл бұрын

It was Habakkuk or smh

JUSTMAKE THE EFFING DRYDOCKVID EVERYONE WANTS IT

@mastahc0w

3 жыл бұрын

Drydocks. Where you lift multi ton ships out of the water to scrape barnacles off the bottom. hehe

@stephenwright8824

3 жыл бұрын

Can't do Portsmouth without mentioning Belfast Lough, the largest natural harbour in the UK and birthplace of the Titanic. Though feck Harlan and Wolff Shipyards, those bigoted Unionist bastards.

@seanroberts2394

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta do it.

@pequalsnpsquared2852

3 жыл бұрын

Dry Dock Rock.

@dusterl1472

3 жыл бұрын

Dry dock! Could add a twist and include floating dry docks too...

You never need 10 carriers...until you need 10 carriers

@25acpunderrated71

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, other warships and new aircraft can be built in (relatively) short order but carriers take YEARS.

I spent a few years on the USS Nimitz. I was a Radar/Comms/Nav Electronic Technician. Its a massive ship, but i liked life on a small ship better. You can spend years on that ship and never meet half of the people unlike the smaller ships that are more personal.

@kiq4767

2 жыл бұрын

Much like a city

@stevesteffen7001

2 жыл бұрын

I was an AT, Aviation Electronics Tech. I only went out on CV's. I did get to visit FFG's and DD's and the crew dynamic was totally different. Think small town to big city.

@arsyadidris2919

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i can imagine. Even the arleigh burke have ~300 crews on board, right? Its like knowing ur batchmate from school vs the entire population of a university.

@arthas640

2 жыл бұрын

My dad spent a few years on the USS Ranger, a smaller aircraft carrier, and said he liked smaller ships better. Less crowded, better food, and more comradery while being less formal. On aircraft carriers some people also spend virtually all day inside and never get much of a chance to get outside or even near a window, he said he felt like a mole since he was an electrician and spent almost all his time in the bowels of the ship

@stevesteffen7001

2 жыл бұрын

I was the aviation version of your job.

I’d like to see a vid about the USS Gerald R. Ford

@philb5593

3 жыл бұрын

ctrl+c, ctrl+v most of the technology is still developing, and they're quite similar, but yes, it would be cool

@Galaar

3 жыл бұрын

CIWS is casually said like 'sea-whiz' and the SRBOC was 'super arr bach.' The AN/SLQ-32(V) has several versions based on the platform, the carriers had V4, and SLQ was said 'slick' by the operators and they also worked the chaff launchers. Since we were responsible for those chaff launchers, we use to prank the new guy by making them think we tested our chaff launchers with cheap stuff to save on costs, so delegated them to cut 1 inch wide and 4 inches long of aluminium foil and then give it 2 twists in the middle to make the wings for it to float. They had to do that until a trashbag was full, they were then sent to CIC to ask the TAO where they wanted the chaff staged while we stood nearby giggling. We had a lot of time to kill during deployments sometimes. The guys on the flight deck are some of the hardest working people I've ever seen, not always of their own volition. Flight deck gets extra pay for a reason, I was on the USS Kitty Hawk when one of her deck wires snapped almost 15 years ago, responded as a stretcher bearer, 6 injured with a couple lost legs, thankfully a nearby helo took the worst of it.

@andrewbrady940

3 жыл бұрын

Please make a video about this when you talked about Newport news That's my hometown and it totally freaked me out

@ClintMaas

3 жыл бұрын

Me as well.

@Gothicsilencer

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, please!

"No America, you do NOT need a 317m long, 100,000+ ton aircraft carrier." "You're completely correct... we need ten of them."

@Rubashow

3 жыл бұрын

I think this exchange could not have happened. America would just have stood there dumbfounded, it's mouth slightly open. It would have been completely incapable to understand why anyone would ever not need a 100.000 ton aircraft carrier. Afterwards it would have never talked to the other guy again.

@BioHunter1990

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rubashow exactly. And you know what? We have 10+ 100,000tn nuclear powered carriers. So put that in your pipe and smoke it! (Directed at whoever would suggest otherwise, not you :) )

@nemanjap8768

3 жыл бұрын

How will you be a modern colonisator without them?

@Rubashow

3 жыл бұрын

@@nemanjap8768 I mean you can still be if you're able to just drive there. Like Russia or China.

@nemanjap8768

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rubashow???

My best friend was stationed on Nimitz 8 years ago. When I visited her in Washington I was lucky enough to go onto the ship and see the flight tower she works in, the cafeteria, the sleeping quarters and the flight deck. They are floating cities! It was an amazing experience.

@limcolin6659

Жыл бұрын

They utterly are. I had the fun time of visiting John.C.Stennis. At that time, I did not know it was nuclear powered!

@Yin_Yang_69

10 ай бұрын

breach of security! 😂

My dad served on the Carl Vinson on the ships internal comms. Basically he worked for the carrier's telephone company. Told me one task he had was installing a phone jack and phone in the admiral's bathroom as one was not placed in there in the ship's original design. You know, in case an emergency call comes in while the admiral is busy dropping a torpedo. They don't carry nuclear missiles. There are surrounded by plenty of other ships and subs that do. But in a pinch the flight deck could be converted into a launch platform if needed.

@Annonymous0283745

2 жыл бұрын

You sure about that?

@power21100

2 жыл бұрын

@@Annonymous0283745 how ironic is your name and question.

@Simon-ho6ly

2 жыл бұрын

Not missiles.. weapons... There are several smaller nuclear weapon types in the us arsenal that can be aircraft launched

@robsoto6340

Жыл бұрын

I was on the Carl Vinson from 93-97 and we had a few IC electricians in our division. Those dudes could troubleshoot anything!

@Fanboy_of_everything

3 ай бұрын

@@Simon-ho6ly correct

You should definitely do a Megaprojects on the USS Gerald R Ford!!!!!!

@250txc

3 жыл бұрын

Ford was never voted by anyone to be president. He was on the Warren Commission and was selected to replace the rebumpkin VP Agnew for corruption. Then when rebumpkin nixon was booted out of office, ford stepped in.

@sgmkevin

3 жыл бұрын

Ford Class, Yup.

@tnarggrant9711

3 жыл бұрын

Must have a Ford video

@williamwinder3466

3 жыл бұрын

@@250txc Support the party of the KKK do ya?

@MrThleckey

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamwinder3466 I assume you talk about the Democrat party?

I’d love to see a video on the panama canal and it’s locks, which literally connect two oceans by splitting a continent in half. Edit: I am aware that he did a video on the geographics channel about the canal, but I still feel like it would make for a good video topic on mega projects as well

@Higupon

3 жыл бұрын

I think he did a video on the Panama canal on his geographics channel

@BurnInFerNos1

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eo1ss8axh7Wpp7g.html From the Geographics channel (also hosted by Simon Whistler)

@mitchsmith7472

3 жыл бұрын

He did a video on that lol

@triggertroy8266

3 жыл бұрын

Mega projects *That dam channel*

@Olddude888

3 жыл бұрын

@Skunk Ape I bet you like to like to smell your own farts.

The fact that Simon is totally geeking out over these carriers is beautiful

My brother spent most of his time in the Navy taking care of the reactor on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Imagine having the lives of hundreds of seaman, and billions of dollars being dangled in front of some dials and valves. Crazy stuff

@FlowConsciously

3 жыл бұрын

I was an RO on a sub... It's CRAZY what is kids used to do!

@jd0192

2 жыл бұрын

Ha, seamen

@wurdofwizdumb1928

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t post stuff like that online bro!

@jd0192

2 жыл бұрын

@@wurdofwizdumb1928 yeah, it’s so top secret 🙄

@hongodongo9053

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine taking care of a reactor on land. Fuck up slightly and a huge swathe of land is without power for a while, mess up big and its a national crisis.

So we want a dry dock, so do it. Look in the “Öresundsbron” the bridge that connects Sweden and Denmark, not the biggest or the longest but for sure a mega project in its own. Man made island and all :)

@Luke..luke..luke..

3 жыл бұрын

The one into Malmö? It's a marvel of engineering.

@Maviation

3 жыл бұрын

Luke Molyneux Yepp, that one 😃

@julieenslow5915

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to learn more on that!

@JV-lq3tx

3 жыл бұрын

Could do the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as well.

@RileyDash

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I would love to learn more about the dry docks that build these carriers

The Gerald Ford carriers and the electromagnetic propulsion system seem like a worthy investment of yours and our time :)

@stevesteffen7001

2 жыл бұрын

That still doesn't work properly.

@paulbedichek2679

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah,don't know why we want these before they are ready, at least they should be modular so if one part breaks another could be substituted,as it is the Gerald For does not carry the F-35,which is the whole point of an advanced carrier to carry the most advanced aircraft. We'll get them fixed, but will take some effort.BTW the shit pipes are not big enough so every two months expensive acid treatments are needed.

@JustaPilot1

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevesteffen7001 It does now and has for a while

@JustaPilot1

2 жыл бұрын

You mean EMALS, electromagnetic launch system, not propulsion. The propulsion is steam turbines.

@topiasr628

Жыл бұрын

@@JustaPilot1 Dont pay them much mind. Theyre like ants complaining about the heat being put off by a super computer... Like yes, they might be warm but, ugh... Super computers do a hell of a lot more than create heat.... Tl:dr: They can't comprehend the scope of improvement or all the intricacies associated

I had the honor of being a flight deck final checker. GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD Plane captain was a great job for a junior airman of about 20 years old. It's pretty sobering to be responsible for a multimillion dollar weapons platform bouncing around the Indian ocean at 3 am in inky darkness except for hundreds of flashing lights as you dance among the flight deck, constantly aware that a moment of distraction can kill you.

@jackturner214

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting yourself on the line to keep me an my squadron mates safe. BZ

@AllTheHappySquirrels

2 жыл бұрын

The idea that a single distraction could have catastrophic consequences gives my ADHD brain serious anxiety. Good to know there are people who can do that.

@bobdmz6437

8 ай бұрын

Poetic

Yes, Gerald Ford carrier! The thing looks massive. They had a controversial explosion test for the hull.

@randybobandy9828

9 ай бұрын

What's crazy is the Gerald Ford class is only slightly bigger than the Nimitz but it has 3 times as much nuclear power output. That's wild.

Would love to see a video on NASA's "Crawlers", also, definitely like to see a video comparing the Ford class to the Nimitz class

@theuglybiker

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna see a Ford class compared to those two tubs the Chinese have!

@jackpapa6

3 жыл бұрын

Saw one on another channel just recently.

Yes Gerald Ford class Also since you did Concorde and Tu-144, I'd like the B1 and Tu-160

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

Will look into it :)

Why don't people reference "The Final Countdown" for carrier movies instead of Top Gun? It was filmed on the USS Nimitz, and has a TON of various footage from inside and outside the carrier - multiple launch sequences, a dog fight scene with a real missile fired, a real near crash by an F-14, etc. Top Gun can't hold that movie's jockstrap when it comes to awesome carrier footage, etc.

@ZepG

2 жыл бұрын

B J Top Gun was a horrible movie, I watched once and never again.

@joeblow5037

2 жыл бұрын

as a Nimitz Vet, I agree

@JPMadden

2 жыл бұрын

Because we're old and so is that movie.

@mdude7778

2 жыл бұрын

The Final Countdown is still one of my favorite movies. Charlie!

@roydrink

2 жыл бұрын

I was stationed at the time FC was filmed, and was on screen for half a second! 🎬

Even when you're in the military, there are a few things that never stop being impressive: the Blue Angels, the gun on the A10 Warthog, and the sheer fucking size of an aircraft carrier

I never thought of how much fossil fuel a nuclear carrier DOESN'T use until this video.

@Lawrence330

3 жыл бұрын

Well, the carrier itself doesn't burn F76 like the gas-turbine powered "small boys" do, but the airplanes and helicopters all burn JP5 and the many, many vehicles (tow tractors, scissor lifts, recovery boats, etc) burn either F76 or JP5 as they're chemically similar.

@sigmahyperion955

3 жыл бұрын

Very very rough math... somewhere around 7 MILLION gallons a year saved. That's travelling 100,000 miles a year at a burn-rate of 75 feet per gallon. A 60,000-ton boat will burn at a rate of 75-200 feet per gallon, so I'm assuming one 50% larger will probably average on the lower-end of that scale. As a point of comparison, the HMS Queen Elizabeth has stores for 1 million gallons of fuel for her own engines. So, over the course of a 20-year nuclear refuel, that's about 150 MILLION GALLONS of fuel not burned.

@nicholasmercorella5318

3 жыл бұрын

As underway replenishment electrician I was on duty when we took on 5 million gallons of JP5 (jet fuel) . Having nuclear reactors frees up a lot of space for jet fuel storage.

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

@@sigmahyperion955 This is so wild. Thank you for doing the maths.

@deusexaethera

3 жыл бұрын

@@megaprojects9649: Yeah, nuclear power is orders of magnitude more energy-dense than fossil fuel. 1 kilogram of enriched uranium can generate the same amount of usable power as _3 MILLION KILOGRAMS_ of coal. People are right to want proper safety protocols for nuclear power, but they are wrong to resist implementing nuclear power. If we were really serious about preventing global climate change, we'd be building nuclear power plants as fast as possible.

They can actually sit offshore and act as emergency power stations connected to coastal towns/cities in times of disaster/crisis etc.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

Many disasters all over the world recently. Even for the US it's been one after another. Katrina, Sandy, Puerto Rico? The list goes on. But where are these carriers when that happens? Yes they can. Yes they should. But they don't.

@redhairdavid

3 жыл бұрын

the real question is, why dont they then? puerto rico could really have used that. seeing how they werent needed for anything else this whole time, whats the deal.

@erikutter9464

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFlatage while Puerto Rico could have used it it would have not helped that much, the power would be supplied to big cities with ports. The cities would also have power sooner either way. Aid money would help more than a carrier because electrical infrastructure would have to be built to deliver the power to the more rural areas where it got destroyed, without the infrastructure to deliver the power it is useless.

@TheCzarsoham

3 жыл бұрын

@@redhairdavid From an engineering point of view, you will need to connect MASSIVE cables to transfer the 100MW of electrical power that the nuclear generators can make. Finding adequately rated transformers along the shore would be difficult too, since domestic distribution transformers have low power ratings. At the end of the day, you need to somehow get all that power to a substation so that transmission level voltages are met and it can power a decent area. And the only way to electrically reach said substations would be via the low powered distribution transformers. They will simply heat and burn up. One would also have to isolate non functional parts of the grid (which may have shorted loads, hazardous, or simply beyond the power rating of the carrier) with protection switchgear, again, which really again turns into a lot of connectivity issues. On top of all that, stuff like ships and aeroplanes have higher frequency AC voltages, since with higher frequencies, the size of a transformer capable of dealing with a particular power reduces, also reducing weight of electrical equipment. Supplying 400Hz of AC voltage to systems designed for 50Hz would cause havoc.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@Skunk Ape Considering your anti American fake name you hide behind we can all assume you are no US citizen. Any US citizen and even anyone from a free country? Could easily proof read and fact check ... the annual US Defense Budget? Why ask for something anyone educated knows where to look up? You have any honour or pride left by now? Sorry my obligation is and will always be the People. Not some weak corrupt cowardly goverment? Sorry a good man needs no rules. I remember those very US rules and laws hurled at me on the coms by the US Navy screaming like schoolgirls. Now they all turned around and ran for the watery hills because following orders means any 'obligation' means to break the oath you took and abandon their own people? Not me and my crew and again I apologize for crapping all over your 'obligations'. 180 of us told the USN to go F themselves. One single ship flew it's red, white and blue high and one single ship turned ... toward a active CAT 5 hurricane. Sailing through violating America's territorial waters. All those 10.000s of Americans on the roofs of their flooded homes abandoned by their own had only prayers left for a quick depth. Actually saw those prayers answered when our helo's parted the heavens above them. And yes my boots deployed onto US soil itself crushing the US Constitution that prevents troop deployment onto US soil. And yes when U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense, Peter C.W. Flory pinned metal stuff on our chests and I saw that cowardly MoFo Bush? Totally gave him the finger to his face. Then we built an actual wall? Remember that? Yea you go worry about your 'money', 'costs' and 'obligations'. You cannot stop us.

Both my parents only spent sea duty on carriers, including the Nimitz and the Vinson, because they were both ATs. This one was especially cool for me to watch :)

Sometimes while I listen to KZread, Simon comes on and I don't even attempt to figure out which of his 8,000 channels it's coming from. I love them all.

As a civil engineering student focusing on construction management, any civil structure is a wet dream for me. Do the dry port, Simon.

@corndoghead1

3 жыл бұрын

This sound weird... "A wet dream of mine, do the dry port,simon"

@diekemperd

3 жыл бұрын

Switch to structural or you're not a real civil engineer.

@ayushsuyayush

3 жыл бұрын

@@diekemperd define "real" civil engineer.

@diekemperd

3 жыл бұрын

@@ayushsuyayush Building Construction Management (BCM) is not Civil Engineering. Get a focus that teaches you design, not how to be a good project manager.

@ayushsuyayush

3 жыл бұрын

@@diekemperd what if I want to be a project manager? What if my skills incline me towards that line of work? I never really understood the structure elitism in this industry. Why do people pride so much in being a structural engineer and bash on other engineers? Do clarify.

Mega Project: Roman Road System They allowed the Roman empire to thrive. Some of the roads they made still exist.

@DeltaDarbyLiberator

3 жыл бұрын

What did the Romans ever do for us?

@ExHyperion

3 жыл бұрын

@@DeltaDarbyLiberator what letters did you spell that sentence with?

@ciaranbrk

3 жыл бұрын

Meriones you mean other than their law system been the basis for law in Europe and the USA of which Cicero is always taught. Their administration which is used today their calendar which is used today. Their engineering achievements which laid the foundation for modern clean water and sewage systems. Their social programs to feed their poor. Their military reforms Marius mules which modern military’s use to this day. Their brand of representative democracy which again is used today or their establishment of major cities around Europe, their stoic philosophy from emperors Marcus Arelious. And if you’re American you named one of your houses of representatives after the roman government the senate.

@MrTrollhammar

3 жыл бұрын

@@ciaranbrk i guess you don't know life of brian? :D

@dustin628

3 жыл бұрын

@@DeltaDarbyLiberator they created the basis for European civilization, then the renaissance when the eastern empire finally fell. Man you need to read up on your history man.

Please do a video on the Ford Class super carriers!!

I just talked to someone from the navy that worked on this 20 years ago. So I came back to watch this again. Because as Simon would say "Why not"

I personally would love to hear about how drydocks work!!!

@Pointlesschan

3 жыл бұрын

Sort of similar to locks on canals

@sophdog1678

3 жыл бұрын

We need 1k people to like Dee Larry's comment so Simon has to stick to his word and make a drydock video!

@wickitklown90

3 жыл бұрын

I'll give you a better answer, about the one in NN. Kiln is laid ship it put together, some stuff is installed. Then, the dock is flooded and the ship is sent to another pier for finishing and completion.

I'd like to see an episode on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. It's expected to be the most expensive structure ever built and will likely allow life-changing scientific research when it's completed.

@ShadowStrike29

3 жыл бұрын

An episode on ITER would be awesome.

@jonathanmatthews4774

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

I agree but only when it's operational. That story is still in the making.

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

I'll take a look into it :)

I FEEL THE NEED... THE NEED FOR DRYDOCKS!!!

These videos are so nerdy and interesting. Please don't ever stop making these until you run out of megaprojects.

The greatest thing about Nuclear reactors is consistent speed. I was on the USS Arkansas, one of the last Nuclear cruisers. Us, the Carl Vinson, and the Uss California, formed the last battlegroup foxtrot, all, nuke powered ships. We cruised from the Persian Gulf to Melbourne, Australia in 11 days, averaging 25 knots. At that speed, Any other destroyer or cruiser would run out of gas in under 3000 miles. Also, the carrier can easily go at 45 knots if needed.

@Lawrence330

3 жыл бұрын

Uh...30+ knots amigo. You're not supposed to tell anyone. True about gas-turbines, though. They are pigs at speed.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

K so as mentioned in the video it is factually called a US Carrier Strike Group? Every real US sailor knows a US CBG only forms during ... war? So what war would that be?

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lawrence330 You are correct. Those who did in fact serve know loose lips sink ships. No way anyone who took the oath is going to blabbermouth some BS online for the world to see.

@BIGJATPSU

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFlatage the odds of it hitting 45 knots in open ocean for any length of time are most likely zero as you'd need calm flat seas and a Captain willing to run the reactors to red line or even beyond. Design wise might be capable theoretically, but practically no. Like with an Abrams tank, you can hit 40-45 mph on flat level ground. Take the governor off it however, well, it can A LOT faster LMAO! But that will imperil the tank and treads so you don't do it. This is why military spending is so high, EVERYTHING is over engineered to the next level, but then must be over protected to ensure it's survivability either by operator error or enemy action.

@Lawrence330

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFlatage Yes, it's called a strike group. www.public.navy.mil/surflant/ccsg8/Pages/default.aspx

Gerald Ford has several launch and recovery innovations. Do your thing Simon!

@fredlougee2807

3 жыл бұрын

Magnetic Cats: A completely unnecessary toy. With nuclear power steam is a waste product.

@davidabarak

3 жыл бұрын

One thing that's interesting is that the arresting gear now actually generates some electricity whenever an aircraft lands.

Simon, I KNOW it's been almost a year since you did this one but if you haven't already please do a Megaprojects video on the differences between the Ford class and Nimitz class. The differences are pretty astounding. The sheer size of them boggles the mind.

As a former U.S. navy enlisted member who surved on a Nimitz class aircraft carrier i will say that these ship are incredible in every aspect

I’d watch one on the Differences between Nimitz and Ford class. I’d love to know more about dry-docks too. Thanks, Enjoyed it!

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

Both sitting ducks. Not much difference. ;-) Just walk aboard one and throw a paperclip into the wrong nuclear reactor room. Easy.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@Skunk Ape Oh come on comparing is fun and makes good points. Officials on the morning of June 16 placed a weighted sled at the end of Catapult 1. The catapult officer gave the command, the shooter pressed the launch button inside the cab, and … nothing. Not nothing in my opinion. The camera's then turning toward the faces of Matt Mulherin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding and Capt. John Meier, Ford's commanding officer? Just priceless. Worth more even then a 14 billion carrier that to this very day cannot even launch one single fully loaded jetfighter. Unless those are your taxdollars? If that was the case I'd be pretty pissed by now.

@S7eveThePira7e

3 жыл бұрын

Not that it's important, but I got to go on a Tiger Cruise on the CVN77. Talk about an awesome weekend.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@Skunk Ape Sorry I serve my mighty red, white and blue in my great land of the free and home to the brave? So only truth and fact here sorry. No one can change a fact. Just like we know for a fake it is a crime under 18 U.S. Code § 1028? Even if you had a real name? Anyone claiming to have served must submit their Proof of Service or again it is in fact a criminal act. Remember that people can and will proof read these laws? Pretending those laws are not there is rather ... silly? Now your little rant is pointless really. Meanwhile back in reality? The hacking group Team Digital already walked onto the Truman. Got into the nuclear reactor rooms and copied all the data and schematics. Now your pretend claim is that ... never happened when we can all proof read it did in fact happen? So why go into denial troll mode? Rants do not ensure stuff. We know what really happened sorry. Screaming fact when there are no facts from you. Sad! I served the day I was born? Official enlisted at 6yo? Or maybe I served during Northern Star? Remember a Perisher sub 6 feet under the hull of a US carrier for 3 weeks? We could have drilled holes into the hull flooding those reactor rooms. Or more easy the engine room? But all we did was send a diver out to bang on the hull at the strike of midnight for 3 weeks. No matter your nation? Sailors are a superstitious lot. Then on the last day of the exercise we sank the entire US CBG. Even my 7yo called Avengers assemble and defeated Captain Kirk himself in the best ship he had. Then he lost his ship. To gain command of your own ship at 12yo? Yes he must become a Ripper. Sink a US CBG at full strenght in under 10 mins. No technology, 1960s weapons and less then 100 men available. But yea when the first Ripper did that in the real world? They even called him a liar and a cheat because they could not accept the reality of what he had just done. Now his book is a mandatory read at the US Naval Academy.

@S7eveThePira7e

3 жыл бұрын

@Skunk Ape I believe it. My older sister was my sponsor, the stories I heard were hilarious and terrifying. Also, hitting my head on F/A-18 underbellies and tails was a bit of a cage rattler for me. I didn't think they were short enough for that to be a problem.

G'day Simon, Yes, of course I want to see a Megaproject on the USS Gerald R. Ford, if only to see that electromagnetic launcher system at work. Back before 9/11, my home port of Hobart, Tasmania was regularly chosen by ships’ companies. Apparently, then, they could vote on alternative stop-offs on the return voyage. We were visited by Nimitz class carriers that would stop for a few days R&R plus provisioning. I'm lucky enough to have been invited on-board three of them by various CPOs. They truly are amazingly huge. Sailors have told me they've been on-board for over two years and, still, sometimes get lost in the endless warren of passageways. The food on-board was surprisingly good, although most crews were truly sick of US style BBQ food which is the main part of their diets. Unlike the RN and RAN, the US Navy doesn't allow alcohol on-board any of their ships, so by the time the crew dropped anchors in Hobart they were desperate for beer and, universally, they all raved about Tasmanian beers which are significantly stronger than most US versions. Before leaving each carrier would put on an 'air show' for the people of Hobart; a most impressive spectacle; not so much aerobatics but their displays of low-level attack formations were just as exciting. Thanks so much, Simon, a riveting video, so, bring on the Gerald Ford! Cheers, BH

Let's take a moment to acknowledge the fact that this ship is armed with the same 20MM cannon as a damn A-10 Warthog. It's called the "sea-whiz", it can track targets using radar and it fires 4,000 tungsten bullets per minute at whatever unfortunate boat or helicopter decides to test the Navy's pimp hand.

@codymoore5387

3 жыл бұрын

A-10 is equipped with a 30mm cannon.

@kelly2631

3 жыл бұрын

That's assuming the sparrows didn't take it down already

@davidabarak

3 жыл бұрын

Funny story: One night they were going to test one of the CIWS (sea-whiz) units. I was near a door that led kind of close to it, and so I opened the door, hoping to hear it fire. Big mistake.Those mothers are LOUD.

@kelly2631

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidabarak How are your ears lol

@davidabarak

3 жыл бұрын

@@kelly2631 What? Can you speak up? I don't know if it's a result of that (probably not) but I do have tinnitus. I usually don't notice it though. I've been exposed to a lot of loud sounds, in the Navy and out - I'm surprised my hearing's not worse.

This series of video has become VERY FASCINATING and I have viewed several of them. Very well researched and presented.

Since you've now covered aircraft carriers how about the Iowa Class Battleships next?

@fernandovieira3134

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@cleverusername9369

3 жыл бұрын

I may be biased, being from NC, but I think the North Carolina class may be more appropriate for a megaproject, hear me out: when they were built they were the biggest, most heavily armed, fastest, most technologically advanced warships on earth. No disrespect to the mighty Iowas, but they're effectively larger improved versions of the NC class.

@hesstwentyone

3 жыл бұрын

I agree; a prime example of brute force on a scale few can truly appreciate

@Predator42ID

3 жыл бұрын

@@cleverusername9369 As were the South Dakota's but the Iowa's sported better more powerful guns, considerably thicker armor, more powerful engines, and yes all the best technology developed up to that point. The Nimitz class is just a much bigger version of the Forestall design.

@benn454

3 жыл бұрын

@@hesstwentyone Good luck jamming a 16 inch, 2300lb AP or HE shell.

Maybe do the Hubble telescope next?

Thank you Sir for your video. I had the opportunity to serve on a Midway class carrier, USS Franklin D Roosevelt, while I was in the Navy. Being a part of the airwing as a helicopter maintenance person. Standing on any carrier during flight ops is truly something to behold.

In 1994 I was stationed on USS JOHN F KENNEDY CV67 and before we went to drydock we off loaded all the ammo to the brand new USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. It took 3 days working 24hrs per day

DRY DOCK! DRY DOCK! DRY DOCK!

@mdude7778

3 жыл бұрын

Dito, dito, dito!!!

Drydock video please!

@250txc

3 жыл бұрын

How about lead melting?

I work at Newport News Shipbuilding. Started in '09 as a welder working on the FORD. Have worked on the FORD(CVN78), the new KENNEDY(CVN79), the new ENTERPRISE(CVN80), and the ROSSEVELT(CVN71). PLEASE do videos on the differences between the 2 classes and on the dry dock.

Aircraft carriers do not have “soft underbellies”. They are actually notoriously hard to sink. The US Navy wanted to know just how difficult, so they decided to scuttle the USS America at sea in one of its war games in 2005. It was pummeled with explosions above and below the waterline. For FOUR WEEKS. It didn’t sink. It was only sunk when demolitions crews finally boarded the ship and finally finished off the ship with strategically placed demolitions inside the carrier.

@jefflanduyt6750

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, it wasn't "war games" that sank the America. It's called a "SinkEx"

When I joined the Navy, the Nimitz had already been in service for eight years. When I finished my naval career twenty years later, the Nimitz was still in service. Now, I retired almost 20 years ago....and the Nimitz is still in service. Impressive.

My sis was stationed on the HST as a nuke reactor operator. Got to visit the ship for a family cruise day. To say they are vast doesnt quite do it justice. It's not until you are walking on the flight deck while the wind is blowing 45 mph as you go underway. Then suddenly, F18s catapult off the flight deck with a searing blast. They scream by and you see the misty cloud cone around the nose of the jet and BOOM! Sound barrier with a chest pounding hit. Simply amazing, was a privilege to get to visit it.

@GrownKidsTV

3 жыл бұрын

what year was this? i always loved friends and family days (i was an RO from 05-2011 on there)

Excellent video! I was in the Navy in the early 90's as a Hospital Corpsman on the USS Constellation (CV-64), yes, I wore a white shirt when I worked the flight deck providing emergency medical coverage.

I spent 6 months on the USS Nimitz back in 1993 as part of a F14 Tomcat squadron that was based at NAS Miramar. I had gone to places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Jebel Ali in the UAE, as well as a stop in Pattaya Beach, Thailand, (There was a controversy over going there, or going to Perth, Australia, between the Medical Department and the C.O. of the ship),and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and then back home to San Diego as part of WestPac 93.

I wish he had mentioned the craziest aspect of the arresting gear on a carrier. When a pilot lands they do not throttle down the power until they have been hooked and actually go full power just before landing. This is so if they miss one of the wires they have enough power to get back into the air and come back around for another pass.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@@Construimus_Batuimus Nah never happened. First thing you learn real US sailors before they ever set foot of any flightdeck? Yes wear your protective gear at all times. So you never even past basic training. US law calls that ... Stolen Valor. Happens when you have no Proof of Service. ;-)

@jamesg7371

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFlatage Not so true. As an OS, we are sent out in bad weather to help the regular lookouts to visually spot ships and listen for foghorns. We always asked for some type of hearing protection and was told, "No, you need to listen for the foghorns." And our response was, " We can't hear anything due to the ringing in our ears and when we could hear again flight ops started again."

A video with a Nimitz class carrier in dry dock would be fascinating! That just seems impossible.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

I am confused. What is this 'impossible'? Is that even a word? Nah our Pioneering Spirit is in fact the world largest ship ever contructed. Now a Nimitz or even a Ford class goes up to 100.000 tons. PS is 400+ tons and could just pick up one of these aircraft carriers and put it on ... one of it's decks. Yes also a multi hull. In theory it could pick up 3 aircraft carriers and run off with them. With the US navy in hot persuit probably. ;-) Dry docks are so ancient history.

@mikall1

3 жыл бұрын

It is quite a view. Though you have to be close to the shipyard since much of NN is around 20-25 feet above sea level.

@billrhodes5603

3 жыл бұрын

22:56 The USS Gerald Ford in drydock

@ginger_nosoul

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFlatage The image your comment put into my head 😂🤣

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@@ginger_nosoul Should see it pick up oil platforms the size of small cities. And somehow costs 'only' 3 billion.

I was stationed on a DDG in the US Navy when "Top Gun" was released. One of the guys I worked with saw that movie 4 times over a single weekend (and was planning on going again that week).

I was an EM nuke onboard the Nimitz (cvn-68) from 05-07 and I love simon and all his vids - we were at coronado island (San Diego) just as the USS Reagan (one of the first ford classes, I believe) was being tested/ commissioned. Anyway, I would LOVE to see you do a vid on the Ford class carriers, thanks and keep it up!

@cockatoo010

Жыл бұрын

Reagan was the second to last Nimitz class. I'd consider her and Bush as a sub-class of the Nimitz

When Jimmy Carter went to Haiti to negotiate a settlement wit the military leader it was said that he mentioned the carriers en-route and said, "Let me explain to you the concept of 'Firepower'..." ... They signed the agreement.

@johnstockton2800

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that two Infantry divisions were also on the way (some of which were on a carrier) had a little to do with that decision as well :)

@MAXIMILLIONtheGREAT

3 жыл бұрын

America, terrorizing small and poverty stricken countries in order to keep them that way, for over 2 centuries.

@m8rshall

3 жыл бұрын

@Christian Bai i think that Vietnam people would disagree with that statement. One mans hero is another mans Demon.

@JCs-Music

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Marshall agree with the second part of your comment completely. I personally know a lot of South Vietnamese individuals who would disagree with you.

@gunnarkaestle

3 жыл бұрын

@Christian Bai I don't think you are right. One famous example is the plot to get rid of Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh, who was elected by the Iranian people, and who wanted to nationalize the oil industry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat Another example is the US-Mexican war: President Polk followed the interests of the US in the overall power play, but from a legal standpoint he played with marked cards by ordering his troop to provoke an incident in order to convince Congressmen to officially declare war on Mexico. It is not a fair game if a big bully in the neighbourhood supresses the skinny guys, and it is not a fair game, if the US as the mighty imperium - which it is undoubtedly is - does not act according to international law. Please have a look at the UN Charter, Art. 2.4: All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations#Article_2

Stating the catapult boys have the hardest job and potentially most dangerous is no understatement, good on you for mentioning it fact boy.

I would absolutely love to watch a video about drydocks!

There is an unwritten rule in the Navy - A guideline really: If you see one of the red uniforms running, try to keep up!

@User0000000000000004

3 жыл бұрын

HAHA LOLOLOLOL!!!!! THAT'S NOT CLICHE!!!!! OMGZ!!!!! HHAHAHAAAAHHA!!!!!!!!!

@benhawke7231

3 жыл бұрын

Unless it a flaming alph!

@mattpeacock5208

3 жыл бұрын

My little brother was in the Navy. He said the only rule was "it aint gay if you're underway".

@benhawke7231

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattpeacock5208 😶

@WOLFwithTEETH83

3 жыл бұрын

IYAOYAS!!!

A friend of mine is a firefighter on one of these ships. She talked about sailing through the Suez Canal while Egyptian soldiers with RPG's on both sides of the ship and everyone on board was just thinking, "Try it. I dare you." Also, she had muscles bigger than most men I know after working that job.

@matchesburn

3 жыл бұрын

Given the security forces on a supercarrier (which since the 1980s/1990s no longer comprises Marines unless there's a Marine Aviation attachment on the carrier) which are basically at a battalion level most likely, that would be very unwise for anyone to try. Also sad that USS Bonhomme Richard suffered the fire it did the other day. Yeah, not a supercarrier, but an LHD is still a carrier and still pretty big. Thankfully no one has died, but the ship was heavily damaged.

Simon, you did an excellent job!!! To never have been on one, or be in the Navy, you gave so much detailed information that was correct. I was an Aviation Ordnanceman on the USS Carl Vinson

I worked as a home health aid and talked to one of the men who did the primary research into the electromagnetic catapults. Amazing stories, great respect

Knew about the Glomar Explorer, didn’t know “Glomar response” was a thing. Funny! Fun fact: In 2014 the CIA opened its twitter account with “We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.” Allegedly

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

CIA being a legend.

They don’t actually have to be used in a conflict. Just the mere presence of one of these off your shores is probably enough to make you rethink any hostile actions against a US ally

@benn454

3 жыл бұрын

Global power projection. This is exactly why they are built.

@417jumps3

3 жыл бұрын

sheldon pereira I know. I read about that!! Pretty big target and a pretty big oops with that one!! Hey at least it was a “game” so hopefully the US learned something!!

@oryxland3994

3 жыл бұрын

I often wonder how many despots and warlords were thinking of doing something horrible and then went "uhhhh actually that could really piss of the US, screw it I don't need that kind of heat." The US gets a lot of criticism for some of it's foreign policy moves, and justifiably so, but they never get any credit for the fact their mere presence around the world no doubt stops evil people from committing horrible acts. I've also found everyone ignores the massive hypocrisy that so many hate it when the US takes matters into their own hands while ignoring they're the first one everybody calls when they need help with humanitarian relief, disaster assistance, and search and rescue because their worldwide reach means they're most likely to have something in the area that could assist. And they help far more than some might realize because their critics of course never mention it when they do. You can criticize the bad things a country does and still admit they do a lot of good too, yet I almost never see anyone praise the US for the good it does do.

@charlesfarley3299

3 жыл бұрын

At ~20:50 the observation of never having the need of 10... Just the fact that the United States Navy can park these ships off a hostile country's shore - ready to open a can of world-class whoop-ass the likes of which Earth has never seen - is a show of force that has prevented many brutal conflicts.

@attiladahunk8211

3 жыл бұрын

@sheldon pereira Gross oversimplification of what actually happened, but okay.

Yes, thumbs up for a MP video on dry docks! The oldest one still in use in Europe was built in England in the 13th century however, the history of the original dry docks goes back to the Phonecians.

Love your channels. This was a great one

yeah, speaking of huge, drydocks... making of The “Troll A” Oil Platform in the North Sea, maybe possibly? Wiki - The Troll A platform has an overall height of 472 metres (1,549 ft), weighs 683,600 tons (1.2 million tons with ballast) and has the distinction of being the tallest and heaviest structure ever moved by mankind. ... until we start making "fusion candle planet thrusters" to relocate gas giant planets kind of megaprojects, lol. Great content by the way Simon and crew. B)

@Jim-ie6uf

3 жыл бұрын

Zarcondeegrissom he’s gonna do a video on the old lady?

@Zarcondeegrissom

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jim-ie6uf would be nice, and good point, that should have been a question mark, not a definitive period.

@michaelho4014

3 жыл бұрын

jim s she’s better remembered for its insane combat record that makes others jealous and not for anything particularly innovative tho

@danbenson7587

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Z. I seem to have heard the Troll A has been replaced by BP Thunderhorse platform as largest floating structure. But your right oilfield deepwater structures are incredibly huge. Make a good garage for a carrier.

@QqJcrsStbt

3 жыл бұрын

Hibernia platform, Newfoundland. Biggest. It is set onto the seabed but the floaty bit was huge. V Heavy to cope with Atlantic swell/storm.

Great job as always Simon. Your comments at the end, "do we need aircraft carriers..." These things PROJECT POWER out into the ocean.... You park this thing off the coast of a city... Everyone in town can see it... they know it's there... they know it can level the town on 20 minutes notice.... The projection of power, is probably as important, and maybe more important, than the use of that power.... So while a foreign government might be running their mouths in public, in private, behind closed doors, they are probably asking "Okay, what kind of deal are you looking for here... what would it take, for you to withdraw your carrier battle group..."

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

Nuke the moon.

@RamSharma-90_64

3 жыл бұрын

@@megaprojects9649 the look on your face compelled me to watch P.Sssst: have subscribed;)

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@fizzydinosaur He's the very person we got the word dictator from? You think he was actually voted for to become dictator? Or did he twist around anything that came near the guy?

@larrydugan1441

3 жыл бұрын

@EmperorJuliusCaesar thank God for America. They have but down all the bad ideas of the 20th century! Imagine the Soviets or Chinese with this power?

@larrydugan1441

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFlatage Actually they did vote for the dictators for very specific reasons. Read your history!

Yes Gerald Ford carrier review would be important

I love watching your videos. They are very informative. Hope you keep making them

I WAS STATIONED ABOARD THE USS NIMITZ CVN-68 IN MAY 1981 WHEN THAT EA6B CRASHED ON THE FLIGHT DECK, VERY VERY BAD!!

@julieenslow5915

3 жыл бұрын

ROBERT GENTILE First, thank you for your service, sir. Second, actually there is no second. Just hearing about this breaks my heart and leaves me with no words. Some things just can not be fixed, they just have to be endured and analyzed in hopes of preventing a repeat. Hope the powers that be did that to perfection. Third, Let those that died rest in peace. To those that lived (including the families of those that died) we owe all we can do to help them heal.

@RonaldMcPaul

3 жыл бұрын

Even your name is in all caps...

@huckleberry4438

3 жыл бұрын

The Nimitz and Reagan just sailed into the South China Sea. First time in 6 years to have 2 carrier groups in that sea.

@jeffhartley318

3 жыл бұрын

I was a IS2 with VA-35 that night the EA6B crashed on the flight deck. Nothing like waking up to "Fire on the flight deck" coming out of the 1MC. Luckily only 3 or 4 guys from the my squadron were injured.

I've spent many years on an air craft carrier. Was some of my best years. I love it

@shindari

3 жыл бұрын

The only two carriers I ever rode on are now decommissioned. One of them was the last carrier to ever run on diesel fuel... God, I'm old!!...

Top speed: Since the carriers are accompanied by other ships, the maximum speed of the carrier battle group is limited to the maximum speed of the slowest essential vessel. It doesn't matter if the carrier can fly across the water if the other ships can't keep up with it. Even in the midst of an intense battle, the carrier's multi-layered defense systems are dependent upon the other ships. The last thing you'd want to do is separate the carrier from the rest of the battle group.

@DCS_World_Japan

Жыл бұрын

Unless that slowest vessel is slower than the 27kts wind over deck required for aircraft recoveries when there's zero natural wind.

I love all things Carriers! Totally enjoyed this episode and would love to see another on the Gerald Ford Class.

The Phalanx turrets (the ones that look like R2-D2) are warmly called a C-Wiz (CIWS - Close in Weapon System). Also, nuclear weapons are not typically deployed unless mission specific due to handling and safety issues. Most countries have a non-nuclear entry policy even though the reactor is in a closed loop system and doesn't have direct access to sea water. I assume they have this policy simply due to the ignorance with respect to nuclear energy and safety. **edit** None of the Nimitz-class carriers are fitted with Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) primarily because it would have taken (years) to complete, and would have literally meant a complete upgrade to the electrical system and reactor plants, neither of which could be justified given the life cycles of the Nimitz CVNs. The steam catapult system is are incredibly maintenance intensive and going so far as to require a maintenance crew on standby for when they fail during flight operations. For comparison, this would be like having your mechanic in your car every where you go because you car keeps breaking down.

@Lawrence330

3 жыл бұрын

That last part is the Navy in a nutshell, honestly. I had an equipment breakdown after a brown out (bad power). I told my LT that I could fix it by manually "closing" a relay with a jumper wire while we were waiting for parts from another ship. I was told we had to reach out to off-ship engineering and request "technical assistance" to approve my suggestion. "Why am I here?" All those years I thought I was there to fix stuff, turns out I was just the middle man to tell them what needed fixing! There is a great meme of that, actually: www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F96053404531561543%2F&psig=AOvVaw0ObEIMmHyuQa6ll-MfEGjG&ust=1594318387716000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCMjl4fugvuoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

@KingJohnMichael

3 жыл бұрын

i wouldnt trust american with nuclar anything

@Evocatorum

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lawrence330 It didn't used to be like that. We had the forced draft blower gasket burst on our way home which we ended up having the replacement overnighted to Singapore and spending the next 24h installing it. We even opened up the reduction gears once a year and did an inspection. There was a general push in the 00's to reduce the amount of training that shipsforces had when it came to maintenance/repair even going so far as to discontinue SIMA in lieu of contractors. Idiots.

@danielmcgillis270

3 жыл бұрын

The Phalanx turrets AKA R2D2 with a hard on.

The film staring the iconic USS Nimitz, The Final Countdown (1980). Featuring Tomcats years before Top Gun. If you want to see the USS Nimitz doing the Imperial Star Destroyer, watch the opening. If you want to see the USS Nimitz in action, watch the film. "If the United States falls under attack our job is to defend her in the past, present and future." "And after that?" "After that, we take our orders from the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces." Captain Yelland, USS Nimitz. "Franklin Delano Roosevelt?" Warren Lasky, December 6th 1941 ... The Final Countdown (1980)

Quick correction. Served on the Bush. Green shirts (or limes) isn't just the catapult freaks, they're also aircraft maintainers. I was one of those!

I love your stuff Sam. I watch all the channels. Keep up the good work.

*Rest of the world:* What do you need such an enormous ship for? *United States:* Shit, just be glad we didn't make them airborne.

@Jim-ie6uf

3 жыл бұрын

Shawn Elliott Iraq, Iran, Noko, and China.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jim-ie6uf The US Constitution states they need a mandatory number of US carriers and then states:'Iraq, Iran, Noko, and China'? Can you please tell me exactly where I can read that word for word. Sounds like BS.

@MrFlatage

3 жыл бұрын

@mxt mxt Nope they did make them airborn.

@MAXIMILLIONtheGREAT

3 жыл бұрын

To spread terrorism and murder innocent people the world over.

@MAXIMILLIONtheGREAT

3 жыл бұрын

To spread terrorism and murder innocent people the world over.

There is a good day of the life of the crew of the USS Nimitz from PBS called “Carrier”. Worth the watch.

@Skwertydogs

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent series. I recommend it to everyone I know who is interested in the navy or just a fan of good documentaries.

Was stationed on The Ike back in 2003-2005. Funny thing was, it was in drydock for rcoh almost the entire time I was in it. There really was nothing better than being up taking weather obs during flight ops, or doing observations at night. It's so dark out there at night.

We're in awe of these huge machines. Where they are made must be even BIGGER. Tell us more Simon 😊

"All are named after presidents except the Vinson." Cries in John C. Stennis

@tomyboy742

3 жыл бұрын

I remember when they came into NAS NI after "secretly" filming the ending to Transformers in 2008!

@lepthesr

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomyboy742 I was on that cruise!

@Dragonmastur24

3 жыл бұрын

lol sorry to be a downer, but he said most xD

@250txc

3 жыл бұрын

Ford was never voted by anyone to be president. He was on the Warren Commission and was selected to replace the rebumpkin VP Agnew for corruption. Then when rebumpkin nixon was booted out of office, ford stepped in.

I understand that calling a Nimitz class carrier a "dreadnought" is a bit of poetic license (playing on the meaning of the word and not referring to the history of warships), but it might be confusing to some people if they view a video on Dreadnoughts, since they are battleships and not carriers. Up until the launch of HMS Dreadnought, battleship design had been evolutionary. HMS Dreadnought was a revolution in battleship design. HMS Dreadnought instantly made every other battleship afloat and under construction not just obsolete, but laughably obsolete. The British Empire essentially told the rest of the world, "You might as well send your battleships to the shipbreakers now, 'cause you got nuthin'." Every naval power freaked and started scrapping the pre-Dreadnought battleships and building Dreadnought type battleships. The battleships of WWII (the last battleships to be built) were pretty much just tweaked and enlarged Dreadnought designs and are often referred to as super-Dreadnoughts. So yeah, HMS Dreadnought and the Dreadnought type of battleships were kind of a big thing.

@fuzzyhair321

3 жыл бұрын

HMS dreadnought is now a submarine

@pioneer_1148

3 жыл бұрын

You overhype it a little there had been several revolutionary changes before the dreadnought and were several after it and the dreadnought was only capable of winning a fight against 2 or 3 of the latest pre-dreadnoughts (undeneyably a vast leap forwards but not the complete and utter obsolescence you imply - pre dreadnoughts were in fact active in the main fleets of both the Royal navy and the Krigsmarine well into world war I). That being said the dreadnought certainly deserves an episode

@obelic71

3 жыл бұрын

You could argue that carriers did also do the dreadnought thing. From the humble beginnings as a suport to the fleet ship, carriers made battleships obsolete in WW2

"In this game skill wins battles, not money" Thomas has never seen such bullshit before

Hope you can do a video on the USS Enterprise (CVN 65). It was supposed to have been the lead ship for a planned class of six. She also held the Guinness World Record for being the World’s Longest Warship (at 1102 feet). And she remains the only US Navy nuclear powered carrier with eight (8) reactors.

During my time in the Navy, every Forrestal class carrier carried nuclear weapons when deployed. I can only assume the newer ones do also. Carriers have loiter time. That means it can give effective air support to ground troops 24/7 365. When something bad happens in the world, the President's first question is, "Where's the nearest carrier?"

@mangalores-x_x

3 жыл бұрын

That was the height of the Cold War where delivery systems of ICBMs had not fully matured. In nowadays ICBMs silos at home and strategic submarines capable of retaliatory strikes should be more than enough. Those would count their warheads in the hundreds. Carting around nukes is a risky proposition so why do it when you have dedicated nuclear forces who can do it better and are specialized in it? Other than that, yeah, those carriers do mostly "showing the flag" deterrent by being the biggest, meanest weapon platform around and outnumbering a lot of air forces.

@crazedvole

3 жыл бұрын

@@mangalores-x_x "I can neither confirm or deny" should not even be a question anymore. George H.W. Bush had all the nukes removed from surface warships in 1991 or 1992(ish). Why does everyone forget this? Did Bill Clinton or George Jr reverse that?

@ForgeMasterXXL

3 жыл бұрын

Just a quick question, do you not have a version of ‘The Official Secrets Act’ over there in the US?

@studibakre

3 жыл бұрын

none were on the prise during my time. subs being a different story.

@ers555666

3 жыл бұрын

mangalores-x_x you meed sufficient provocation to use nukes, the carrier bridges that gap.

4:16. Don't forget John C. Stennis, the other non-president with a carrier named after him.

@justinturbopool9367

3 жыл бұрын

I was stationed on it a few years back. Hated it at the time but I'd do it again.

@bobvacir

3 жыл бұрын

@M C John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is more than ten years older than GW Bush (CVN-77)

@jonnewbury3482

3 жыл бұрын

I was with the Stennis for 2 Gulf tours on a DDG.

@MrStretchification

3 жыл бұрын

USS Just Clean Ship.......when I was in service the JCS was the carrier used for a lot of photo/video ops and hosted lots of dignitaries. The crew spent more time cleaning than actual flight ops lol

@jonnewbury3482

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrStretchification A clean ship is a happy ship. Now sweepers.

"No need for 10." Maintenance and training. Part of the fleet is at sea, and another part is at home for months either doing repairs from the previous tour or preparing to replace them so that the same number of carriers is always at sea. Like you said, the Reagan is spending several years being gutted which is a normal part of the carrier lifecycle. Most likely the Navy can't put all 10 to sea at the same time.

@dark_winter8238

3 жыл бұрын

The other note is if you ever got into a war they are at risk they take years to replace. Losing a few can change the tide of a war as Japan showed after midway.

I served with VS-33 as an AW2 Senso Operator in an S3-b on the USS Nimitz CVN-68 in '95. Being shot off and landing on a carrier is like nothing else in the world. 0 to 120 in 3.2 seconds and 160 to 0 in less than 2 seconds. I still have both parts of my "hold-back" fitting aka "cherry" (breaking release pin) from my first shot. CV's are cities on the seas. This is a great video but you could do 10 more and not cover half of the ship! It would be worth it to try! I'd love to see more vids about the carriers. Reminiscent for me... informational and entertaining for everyone else! Love all your channels!

"I, as always, am your host, Simon" Next week: "I changed my name to Dave."

One interesting fun fact about landing on an aircraft carrier is, as soon as the plane is "caught" by the arresting gear they go full throttle as soon as they touch down. That's in case they either miss the catch or if the gear snaps, they are already poised to take off again, instead of dumping into the sea.

@davidvoinier6008

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! This is because a jet engine does not spool up as fast as a piston engine. There is considerable time lag before producing max thrust.

@MashMonster69

3 жыл бұрын

and when they touch down, the bang is loud enough 2 decks below that whenever I was on watch during flight ops, I'd duck out of reflex.

@vitrong5765

3 жыл бұрын

Keyword on the admiral's staement about nuclear weapons carriage: "routinely"

@ChrisHyde537

3 жыл бұрын

@@MashMonster69 Our berthing was on O-3 near the brakes for the waist cats. Even with earplugs the vibration and shock of the shot took some time to learn to sleep through.

@Saddutchman

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitrong5765 Nukes are useless in 2020, yeah you can kill millions at once but you also destroy global economy

This was unbelievably cool. And I'd love to see a video on the new Gerald Ford class carriers 😁

It would be a mental challenge to stay out on these ships for so long. I did get to see 4 of them on docked at harbor in San Diego which was amazing. they are huge