Tour of the USS Missouri
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USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands. Her quarterdeck was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan, which ended World War II. She has been called the most historic battleship in the world.
After World War II, Missouri served in various diplomatic, show of force and training missions. On 17 January 1950 the ship ran aground during high tide in Chesapeake Bay and after great effort was re-floated several weeks later. She later fought in the Korean War during two tours between 1950 and 1953. Missouri was the first American battleship to arrive in Korean waters and served as the flagship for several admirals. The battleship took part in numerous shore bombardment operations and also served in a screening role for aircraft carriers. Missouri was decommissioned in 1955 and transferred to the reserve fleet, (also known as the "Mothball Fleet").
Missouri was reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan. Cruise missile and anti-ship missile launchers were added along with updated electronics. The ship served in the Persian Gulf escorting oil tankers during threats from Iran, often while keeping her fire-control systems trained on land-based Iranian missile launchers. She served in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 including providing fire support.
Missouri was again decommissioned in 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Her bow faces the USS Arizona Memorial intending to convey that Missouri watches over the remains of Arizona so that those interred within Arizona's hull may rest in peace.
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In November of 1953 (I was 5-years-old) my grandfather and I went to the Norfolk, Virginia, naval base to pick up my uncle who just steamed back from Korea on the USS Lake Champlain (carrier); tied up near here was the Big Mo! As a 5-year-old I was super impressed with her nine 16" guns, plus all her small guns. My grandfather was on the USS Idaho BB-42 in WWI, so I guess he got vicarious pleasure seeing me so impressed with the USS Missouri. In any event, my grandfather bought me a model of the Big Mo. 15 years later I was in the navy stationed at the Norfolk, Virginia. In April of 1968 the New Jersey stopped by on her way to Nam. I know today those big battle ships are an anachronism, but I still love them.
I've taken this tour twice. Worth every penny.
How incredibly awesome she knows her stuff great tour guide. I served on her from recommissioning until 1987. I was the "stable element " operator in Aft Secondary battery plot, so during our 5" gun shoots I pulled those same brass triggers for qualifications... Brings back unbelievable memories.
@heidimooney9045
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the compliment! I am that guide and we received all of our information from the last Chief Engineer, Larry Doong. I don't know if you ever had the honor of knowing him.
@jamesbowman7963
5 ай бұрын
@@heidimooney9045 Never knew Larry....
Stoker in the Canadian navy, toured the Missouri in 2009. Didn’t get a chance to see any of the oiler rooms but we got to go into engine room 4. Pretty impressive
Some quick clarifications (engine room tour guide on the New Jersey commenting): 15:10, the man by the steam drum, that plug with two handles would be removed and thats how you would climb inside the steam drum. The main water drum at the bottom of the boiler has a similar plug. The periscopes only go to directly above the exhaust path of the boiler, and a light will shine in front of the smoke which is seen via mirrors. Auxiliary steam is saturated so it is visible to the naked eye, SUPERHEATED steam is invisible, which will need the broom Moving that light off rod was not necessary to light the other burners. Once you get number 1 burner lit, just turning the fuel on will light the others off 18:22 The astern turbine has blades angled opposite the main high and low pressure turbine blades. So just sending steam across them would spin in the other direction
I served with Capt Kaiss the last Commanding Officer on the Missouri aboard the William H. Standley CG-32, I can think of no finer Commanding Officer, the US Navy thought the same way, Capt Kaiss was the only CO to commission a BB, and the last to decommision a BB, thus being the last BB sailor. The decommissing of the "Mighty Moe" can be found here on U-Tube, RIP Captain Kaiss.
@timothywilliams2252
Жыл бұрын
I can think of one... Captain Chernesky... And what's this Mighty "Moe" thing? Albert E. Kaiss was a politician officer, John J. Chernesky was a sailor's Captain
@jeremieboudreau201
9 ай бұрын
@@timothywilliams2252 If only you could Google. ''On March 31, 1992, in Long Beach, CA, Captain Kaiss stepped off the USS Missouri (BB-63) for the final time. He had served as the Mighty Mo's commanding officer in two separate tours of duty, and became famous for being the last man to captain a battleship in the United States Navy.''
love the battleship missoura im a missouri boy and still live there!! kansas city missouri!!
Kudos to the tour director for putting up with the arrogance of some of the guests.
@thekidfromiowa
4 ай бұрын
One of them just up and tried to open that emergency hatch, which would be a liability if it shut on his his hand or foot.
BB11 which was the 1890s era Missouri was decommissioned and scrapped in San Francisco. In 1932 a motaryacht was built using the teak that was salvaged from the battleship’s pilothouse and CPO’s mess. Also included in the build were the bronze name plates for those spaces. That yacht went on to smuggle a bunch of Native American activists onto Alcatraz Island in 1969 as a statement for Native American Civil Rights. That 90 year old yacht was named Seaweed. Currently undergoing restoration in Washington state.
The music sucks if you're wearing headphones because it comes on louder and hurts my ears
Great vid. thanks for posting.
music way too loud compared to audio, other than that, pretty good.
21:31 the guy in the wite shirt is a dutchman 😂
@thekidfromiowa
4 ай бұрын
I thought so. I think the other's might be too.
What's with the loud music
@leandabee
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I had to turn volume up for the speaking part and turn volume down for the music part and I was watching it with earphones while on a flight 🙉
This was an amazing video, full of very interesting info. The tour guide sure knew her stuff, and was very pleasant. I have been on the Missouri in Pearl Harbor, but also on the Iowa in San Pedro, and the New Jersey when commissioned in San Fransisco in the 1980's at Fleet Week. But I have never taken these internal tours, which is amazing. Next time I visit one of these behemoths, I will try to take a guided tour. One thing that is missing in this video is the comments at the end of the tour of the tourists, especially from the Germans who were in the tour as well. My guess is that they probably thought that the Bismark was the ultimate WW II ship, and I suspect that they were utterly amazed with the Iowa class battleship. This video does not cover the tour of the ammo and stats of the big guns, so I would have liked to hear the German guys' responses to that info. They were amazed at the huge horsepower of the engines, their complexity, and the overall speed of a ship this huge. Only one other WW II battleship came close to the speed of the Iowa's (the French Richelieu at 32 knots, but with half the power of the Iowa's, so this published figure is a bit suspicious), and a few were rated at 30 knots (Bismark and the Littorio class) , but really could not achieve that when loaded.
@middleclassretiree
Жыл бұрын
The Iowa’s were guaranteed to do 33 knots but at battle speed could and did best that. In 1988 the Missouri left San Francisco bound for Bremerton Washington after her overhaul and met up with a nuclear powered destroyer steaming from San Diego and destroyer had a hard time keeping up with the old girl sailors on the destroyer said they pushed her until she was vibrating, the Missouri was smooth as could be
@johan274
Жыл бұрын
@@middleclassretiree Could you proof that? as far as i know US only has nuclear powered carriers submarines and cruisers
The door to enter the boilet on an a type boiler was in the front
I hate the way they constantly interrupt her
@rikspring
Жыл бұрын
The Dutch don't understand
You have to open the air registers not all burners were lit all the time
Fresh water from the sea,Dam.
Don't forget that the Missouri also protected this entire world by defeating the vanguard of an alien invasion force in the Pacific in 2012! And when Rihanna did her service in the Navy she fought in this battle!
Thanks for doing this video. I wanted to tour it last summer but couldn’t justify paying a private company a large sum of money to tour a piece of history that should be free or nominally charged for all US citizens. The tour companies have an unethical business model that should be dismantled
it would be awesome to see that ship sea worthy again
I remember that they wanted the USS Missouri to go to the state of Missouri and docked at St Louis. It would have taken some effort but since there are no locks and dams below St Louis, it might have been possible.
@edwardjackson
Жыл бұрын
That would had been grand to have it put there!
@hisaddle
Жыл бұрын
the Mississippi river at St. Louis main channel for barge traffic is kept at about 12 ft deep by dredges, the draft of an Iowa class is 37 ft when fully loaded, would guess it is probably 35 ft empty now in its present condition.
1gallon- 4.5 litres of diesel , 2 .5 million gallons - 11million 250 thousand litres 😮,. The tour guide done an excellent informative tour , except for a couple of big mouthed drop kicks 🥊😡
@holysirsalad
11 ай бұрын
US gallon is 3.78L so "only" ~9.45 million litres. Agreed some pretty entitled people on that tour
Halon is still available for use on boats. I had a halon system for the engine bilge on 25 foot small cruiser.
@_Tommmmmm_
Жыл бұрын
We had a halon system in our original computer room at my family’s business. It was pretty cool.
I laugh when ever the tour guide asks if anyone has any questions. Why ask? 3/4 of the questions asked ahe replies with "Im not sure." lmao
For those interested, here's a video recorded in Missouri's main plot during the Silkworm attack during ODS: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6Oi27hvj5nbopc.htmlsi=VKG3voeASZUtIAtm
How annoying are those other tourists...smh
She was docked in Bremerton for years. I was in the Navy at that time and sadly, never took the opportunity to stop and look. My bad.
@edwardjackson
Жыл бұрын
It'll be there for you in the future!
Amazing machine! The old computer!! If it ain't broke don't fix it!
@edwardjackson
Жыл бұрын
That's why NASA keeps their old computers!
She dont know a thing about damage control. It run by the hull technician and damage control men . Halon is awesome for firefighting, no good on the human who dont get out. The have co2 systems that alarm. Used to displace the oxygen in a space. Afff foam floats on top of the water , it works very good. Afff is great for cleaning stuff. So it bug juice (red kind) .
I feel like the mighty mo should be back in Bremerton Washington we she always was and where everyday Americans can visit her with having to take out a loan to afford getting there, yes the war started because of pearl but it was mainland boys that finished it !!!
I was just there in may, cool fact I learned it would only take 30 days to bring the USS Missouri back to life
@user-gl5dq2dg1j
Жыл бұрын
Really? And are they turning the turrets, props, and anything else sitting on bearing regularly? And what about the boilers? Radars? How far into life?
My Grandfather served on this ship. He was responsible for firing 16" gun. I miss the story's.
The background music comes from YOU Tube as copyright Free themes of choice.
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Interesting video, but drop the horrible music accompaniment.
That would be a DA tank. 610psi saturated steam 850 superheated steam.
Aloha all. She is doing a pretty good job. But she got some of the facts wrong. Just for the record, this is my boiler. When I was in the Navy. Now I was not on the Missouri. I was on the U.S.S. Arnold J. Isbell DD 869, and yes boiler #2 was the one I worked as a burner man for 4 years during Viet Nam. GO NAVY
@heidimooney9045
5 ай бұрын
What specifically is incorrect?
@thekidfromiowa
4 ай бұрын
She was probably a newer docent.
This batch was never in the navy I was a true snipe in the navy
Poorly done documentary. Would have been much better without a tour and a bunch of tourists casually dressed.
No part of that ship’s hull was metric. Only the 40 mm bofors antiaircraft guns were metric. Stop using metric to refer to these ships
@maxwedge5683
Жыл бұрын
What about the 20mm Oerlikon AA guns?
@joehillbilly
Жыл бұрын
@@maxwedge5683 touche. The point still stands on its own merit.
@heidimooney9045
5 ай бұрын
Metric measurements were offered because there were European guests. It's called Customer Service.
@joehillbilly
5 ай бұрын
@@heidimooney9045 They don’t offer inches when you travel there. America gave the world their best in sae. They should be grateful in sae.
People finding out why they lost WW2!
@edwardjackson
Жыл бұрын
LOL!
Bill Gates should buy that and tour Iran sea coast for 4th of July
For too laud music.
What a shame the horrible music made the video unwatchable
she has no idea what she is talking about,
@heidimooney9045
5 ай бұрын
What specifically is incorrect?
Stop talking in meters that's a US Battleship we use ft. and inches
@thekidfromiowa
4 ай бұрын
She's probably doing that for the sake of all those foreign tourists.
According to Reddit, the uss Missouri is racist
The tour guide is dumb water does not go into the actual firebox that would be fuel
@heidimooney9045
5 ай бұрын
The water goes into pipes in the firebox, so water does go into the firebox.
I prefer to listen to a man explaining the history of a Battleship and not some bored housewife looking for attention. Men belong on ships, Ships belong at sea, Land is a navigational hazard to be avoided at all times.
@heidimooney9045
5 ай бұрын
Sexist often?