I know they're obsolete. But man, the battleships of old are so much more beautiful than what the world's navies are building nowadays.

@Princeofmellon

9 жыл бұрын

they are only obsolete against enemies whit the same or higher level of teleology. still i would love to see on of these in action.

@bartonovichnickel2554

9 жыл бұрын

lander4545 Sure they had an answer... Backfire bombers doing saturation cruise missile attacks. The British has the same sort of response to the Soviet Sverdlov cruisers when they built the Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft. Why do you think the US Navy pushed through the Aegis system? Without a screen of Aegis cruisers and aircraft carriers... the BATTLESHIPS were sitting ducks... just like they were since WWII. The Iowas were all laid-down before the carrier was recognized as dominant... and rotating CAP (i.e.:the Big Blue Blanket) made battleships redundant for anything except shore bombardment and mop up.

@TheNightWatcher1385

9 жыл бұрын

***** I find thunderstorms and lions beautiful, even though they're deadly.

@supernova3653

9 жыл бұрын

***** so..........let's go around and destroy all computers cuz some kids spend to much time on it. My point is don't let it bother you I mean it's 1 thing out of 10000000 of thing and some are problems but the past is the past ya I don't think killing is grate but I now it's normal so ya thare bad but so.... what... .

@AceMcGhee

9 жыл бұрын

I couldn't imagine being on the receiving end of two or three of these ships.

Missiles are great and all, but battleships are just sexy.

@slenderwizzard22

7 жыл бұрын

Davito2000 agree and there's something with a side view of a battleship full broad siding

@randywarren7101

4 жыл бұрын

Battleships are too obsolete. Aircraft carriers and subs can do more damage and are much more effective.

@mecate818

4 жыл бұрын

@@randywarren7101 they said its sexy not useful, you absolute fuck

@theboothy91

4 жыл бұрын

@@randywarren7101 I mean imagine a battleship with cruise missiles

@theboothy91

4 жыл бұрын

@@randywarren7101 anything can be repurposed

I served on this ship during desert storm. I remember having to go to sleep with the guns firing all night.The ventilation systems would shake on every fire.We just had our reunion last week in Norfolk and actually got to tour our ship below deck.Lots of good memories on the wisky punch.

I was in the Navy with people that saw these things fire in 91 and my Dad was on a ship going alongside under the fire of the New Jersey in 83. Everyone said it was incredible to see and to hear and to feel. Even firing 4.5" is pretty hardcore if you are close to it or underneath, but I can't imagine what these things must have been like. Its pure power!!!

Thank you for posting this, that ship means a lot to me, my grandpa served on her.

@garyg5829

6 ай бұрын

My father served on her also . WW II Okinawa, Iwo Jima. Power room front turret. He told me some awesome stories.

Thank you for sharing this. The 4 Iowa class fast battleships will forever be some of the greatest ships ever made. Their speed and firepower were unmatched. The fact that they were kept around in mothballs speaks volumes about their potential in any conflict. It was great to see them used against Iraq in the first Gulf War.

These big guns do it way cooler than missiles though.

@larularae2106

6 жыл бұрын

Ehh Missiles are still badass.

@chen_plays4173

4 жыл бұрын

Big guns for me

@bryanmartinez6600

4 жыл бұрын

@@chen_plays4173 Yamato still peak of battleship engineering.

@bryanmartinez6600

4 жыл бұрын

@Dana William you do know an anti ship missiles are massive look at the Russian Brahmos missile each cost up to $3 million weigh from 5500 pounds to 6600 pounds and fly up to Mach 3 or 2300 MPH. The Brahmos 2 is expected to fly up to Mach 7, I don't know what kind of drone your talking about but $10k won't get you a military drone let alone an anti ship missile. South Korea at one point had the K11 rifle in production, that rifle alone cost $14k. Look at the Slava class destroyer, it's loaded up with 16 anti ship missiles ready and the launchers are massive.

@bryanmartinez6600

4 жыл бұрын

@Dana William of course you could sabotage a ship by just planting explosives in an empty ship, has been done in WW2 by the Italians on British ships. But the Iowa class ships were designed to take hits head on like any battleship. Standard explosives won't do much to these unless you get the impact inside or on the bottom of the hulls such as torpedoes. But the tops armor is extremely thick with the turrets being the strongest points. The Iowa turrets sit on an a base plate that is up to 17 inches thick and the front of the turrets are 19 inches of steel. The deck is 6 inches of thick. The magazines themselves are the most protected part of a ship to prevent detonation. Blowing up 500 pounds of explosives on the turret will cause some damage but not even close. The Yamato was hit by 11 torpedoes and 6 bombs each torpedo had a 600 pounds warhead and the aerial bombs were 2000 pounds each of nothing but explosives. an active battleship was difficult to destroy with conventional weapons even a drone with explosives and even if you kamikazed a 500 pound drone of explosives it won't destroy the ship. That's why anti ship missiles are far more effective they work similar to a sabot round and it pierces right through the armor.

Incredible!!! But I have to admit there's nothing like that first time. During General Quarters I was assigned to the 5" 38 guns near turret 3. Every time turret 3 would fire our floor hatch would fly up and the vibrations would rock us around a bit. It's amazing what you can get used to, because after being on board for years you would be able to sleep thru it.

I WISH WE COULD HAVE KEPT ONE IN SERVICE JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT, AND TRADITION!!!!🇺🇸

@theotherdave8013

4 жыл бұрын

I think its mothballed, which means we could, press it back into service but dude, it would cost..well, more than my entire state brings in lol.

4 жыл бұрын

What tradition? Battleships only ever had one big battle and that was in ww1 before carriers existed. They were in service for less than 50 years as full metal jacketed ships. If you want tradition, start gawking over the USS Constitution, because those are the original battleships. Wooden planks, chain and gear rudder, canvas for horsepower, and 36 guns per side. Harharhar argh Avast ye scallywag!

@satchemo24

4 жыл бұрын

@BDMF 1967- we do It's called Old Iron Sides!

@samchin3812

4 жыл бұрын

all iwoa bb can be put to sea verry fast

@theexile6605

4 жыл бұрын

@ I get your point, but it depends how you define a "big battle" of battleships. There were quite a few smaller 1 or 2 BB vs 1 or 2 BB actions in WW2 in the European theater and one around Guadalcanal that I can remember, plus a bigger one at Leyte Gulf. None of them were as big as Jutland, granted, but there *was* a battleship tradition not to be scoffed at! Btw, The Constitution as you may know was *not* technically a "battleship" or even a "Ship of the Line," but rather an extra-large frigate. Listed at 44 guns, she probably had significantly less than 36 guns per side, even including carronades. Maybe 26-28 or so. 3 Cheers for the Constitution!!

My grandpa was on the Missouri and he said you really can’t appreciate how loud those 16 inch guns were unless you were there in person

Never gets old watching the guns fire. Thank you for your service USS WISCONSIN and everyone who sailed on her.

Is this whats happening when I wait 35 seconds for my New Mexico to reload?

@may_12521

8 жыл бұрын

Wows eh

@PaiSAMSEN

8 жыл бұрын

Somewhat more complicate than that. New Mexico turrets don't have as many automation.

@lydiaiihhyguycvv.yyttukyin6330

7 жыл бұрын

yuppers

@FlyingEndeavor

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, reloading battleship guns is a pretty long process... That is a lot of ordnance you're sending away xD

@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ

7 жыл бұрын

Pretty much, complete with catchy music and everything.

It's amazing that they are firing the equivalent of a VW Beetle 26 miles! My dad was on the Wisconsin and I loved looking though his cruise book as a kid. I was really honored to be a part of the recommissioning in '89.

Those 4 Iowa-Class Battleships had the most awesome silhouette. Coolest ships ever built, closely followed by the Bismarck, and Yamato. Visited the New Jersey, BB62, last time I went to Philly. It was in pitifully sad shape, rusting and rotting. They need to preserve these great ships.

These battleships had been retired right after WW 2, but were put back into service to counter the Soviet's missile boats during the Cold War. They were then retired again after that, but were pulled out of retirement again for the Gulf War. The reason they did this was because there is no substitute for raw armor thickness and massive guns. A missile has the chance to be shot down, while a shell is extremely hard to defend against. They were also equipped with missiles and new technology to increase their range and versatility both times they were pulled out of retirement. I think these ships may still have potential use in the future because armor that thick, and guns that big, can never be obsolete.

@neurofiedyamato8763

9 жыл бұрын

***** Guns are obsolete. Newer radars can potentially intercept shells and rockets. Look at the SeaRam, CIWS and CRAM, they can all differentiate bombs, shells and missiles from debris. AA missile can detonate near the shell and launch fragments to detonate the shell in mid air. Current AA missiles don't have teh accuracy to hit the shell but they can detonate near it. A shell doesn't go much faster than a missile, in fact modern missiles matches if not surpasses battleship rounds. Of course this requires extensive modification to the computers and really good timing meaning hell of a good crew skills. But we are getting there with weapons like the CRAM and the Iron dome. However it would take a bit longer to replace armor. Then again with advancing interception systems, it would get to a point where solid, heavy, resource draining armor that slows you down becomes obsolete. In fact we are getting close. We already no longer uses BBs for this reason. And sooner or later, never will again. Maybe reuse the classififcation but big gun and armor? No.

@Supershot156742

9 жыл бұрын

It's true that AA systems are getting better, but they are not 100% accurate. The newest missile systems that have been defending Isreal recently have not been able to shoot down every missile launched. There is also a difference between being picked up on radar and actually being shot down. Radar today can spot objects the size of birds, but it doesn't mean they can shoot a projectile of that size down. Battleships can also fire off more than one shell at a time, possibly overwhelming any AA defenses in an area. The shells used by battleships are also smaller and cheeper than missiles that would give the same explosive force. When it comes to the armor of the battleships, you said that armor will eventually become unnecessary due to better and better defense systems. That was one of the reasons the battleships were decommissioned after WW2. The US believed that having new defenses and faster ships would make armor unnecessary, but then the Soviet Union came out with designated missile ships. These could get through defenses and hit the faster ships. The US brought the battleships back into service because they could take the hits that no other ship could. This kind of arms race between being able to hit an opponent and not get hit in return has been a constant for war, and is not going to go away. When the US or some other nation creates a "perfect" defense, some other country will come along and prove it wrong. And when you can't avoid the hit, you need to be able to take it and keep moving. The battleships will probably not be brought back into active duty, but I just think it is sad to see such amazing weapons of war that will never be recreated sit in a dock as a museum.

@neurofiedyamato8763

9 жыл бұрын

It's sad to see yes, but it's always an armed race in the military. Yes weapon system VS defense system will keep going on. But That's the same with Guns. The armor may seem invincible right now, but when we need, we just mount AP warheads on missiles and would do the same as a battleship gun if not eben more devastating. Back then it's Ap capability VS armor. Now it's Defense systems VS offensive systems. Well, the CRAM, seaRam, CIWS and Iron dome all can take out artillery shells with differing level of success. Main reason why Iron dome is failing in some respect is it's getting saturated, can't field enough but it is proven to be highly successful.

@markjackson7650

6 жыл бұрын

I love battleships too and would love to see them sail again but there's no doubt armour is obsolete. Stealth is the only safety for naval vessels. A submarine could plant a dozen torpedoes into a battleship before it even knew what hit it.

@brucescott2649

4 жыл бұрын

lkbartnick They were brought back into service to replace the cruisers the navy had worn out. After WW2 the navy had no use for them. After years of not replacing the cruisers and wearing them all out. The BBs were brought back into service until the navy could build replacements. Once the navy had built sufficiently they were again retired. As beautiful and tough as these monsters are they are horrible to maintain and crew. Sadly their real job had been stolen from them by airplanes, a much cheaper and effective weapon.

I shipped on board BB-64 June-August, 1953. Wisconsin is very high in my life experiences.

I know that these old battleships aren't as advanced as the new ones, but my God are they some beautiful ships and I've always been amazed at the raw power that they have.

Love those flames man. Great stuff. Battleships will always be the bad boy of the sea. Undeniable. U.S.A. power

@simonjackson7269

4 жыл бұрын

But invented by the Royal Navy!!

@jamesnevitt3400

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonjackson7269 Yelp the original dreadnoughts of the sea WW1 battle of juntland.

You cant stop a projectile fired! Yet obsolete, yet amazing power...

No Seaguls we're harmed during this training exercise

As a safety observer on the USS IOWA in the 50s inside the Gun Mt. it was scary when the babies went off!

@u.p.woodtick3296

4 жыл бұрын

Edwin Cox I believe it, think of the energy released, it must have ripped through you

No other spectacle of firepower will ever be as visceral, as raw or as breathtakingly magnificent as that of a battleship in full broadside....God bless the US Navy!!!

@stephengrummitt9079

2 жыл бұрын

and that's just 1 ship the noise must be crazy

Imagine if these battleships were fitted with railguns. That would increase their effective range from 24 miles to nearly 1000 miles.

@ghostofkyiv2481

4 жыл бұрын

If we somehow found a way to do that maybe battleships might have a place in modern warfare. But railguns are very unstable and the effective range of missiles are basically unlimited.

@DerpyTurtle0762

4 жыл бұрын

16 inch can reach 26 miles, record hit was 26.2 miles

@h.d.h

2 жыл бұрын

@@DerpyTurtle0762 record range =/= effective range

@nick22091

Жыл бұрын

@@h.d.h its firing a 1 tonne shell towards you, anything it hits mo matter the range would be affective 😅

@Ange1ofD4rkness

8 ай бұрын

COming to say I have thought of it, sadly, the Railgun is dead at the moment. The powerplant and the range desired both being issues

When I was a young man, too many years ago, I was on the firing line in the CA desert. A woman, obviously terribly inexperienced. went between the tables during the hot session to watch her man with a .25-06. Everybody stopped and warned her to back off, that she would get hurt. She ignored us. Since she wasn't forward of the line, just even with it, we continued shooting (there obviously was no range master in charge). The next time her boyfriend fired the gun, she yelped and came away from the firing line bleeding from the nose and maybe ears just from the concussion of a .25-06. I can't even imagine being anywhere on the deck of any ship firing guns that enormous. She learned her lesson, and anybody watching her did, too!

@PyrusFlameborn

2 жыл бұрын

Not a gun person. Did she get a glancing 'hit' from the shockwave in front of the muzzle?

@williamkaiser8067

2 жыл бұрын

@@PyrusFlameborn Yes, that's what happened. If a relatively small (1/4 of 1 inch) caliber rifle can do that, the order of magnitude of a 16 inch gun must pretty much wipe out anything standing on the decks.

The sweet 90's synth track makes me want to make a badass training montage.

I am kinda bummed out.. This is something I will never get to witness, in person, ever in my life.. Really amazing ships...

I would love to see the IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPs RECOMMISIONED.

@iowa_lot_to_travel9471

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Would have been even more awesome had they built the Montana class battleship

@samchin3812

4 жыл бұрын

if i ran star a war you just mite see it happen

@iowa_lot_to_travel9471

4 жыл бұрын

@@samchin3812 nobody is going to war. They just get tagged with economic sanctions

Love the Iowa class. I’m from New Jersey so the Wisconsin’s sister ship the USS New Jersey is my favorite. BB 62 the most decorated battleship in US Naval History. Seen the most combat. They don’t call her the Big J for nothing. 🇺🇸

@jameshickman4197

4 жыл бұрын

Wisconsin has 3 sister warships. Iowa New Jersey and Missouri

@user-mt5cm5xp2o

4 жыл бұрын

James Hickman I know, but my favorite is the USS New Jersey

@stevegrasty280

3 жыл бұрын

My father served on the New Jersey WW2

@michikomiraitowa6965

2 жыл бұрын

mine's favourite is BB-63(USS Missouri)@Mighty Mo🔥🔥🔥🔥

@willpat3040

2 күн бұрын

Love the New Jersey! Ryan and Libby are awesome. Love watching them explore the Big J on KZread.

I served in the navy. I would have given anything to have served on a battleship.

As a kid it was the most awesome image of power , I had models of all the battleships.. the USS North Carolina was my favorite.. my parents took me to see it in Wilmington NC just about every year.. I have a lot of respect for battleships and the men who sailed them..

That footage is simply astounding, the majesty, the gargantuan power, orchestrated so perfectly by a well oiled crew making it all happen seamlessly. Know one thing for damn sure - I’d hate to be the receiving end of one of those rounds let alone a salvo!

The guns also have a tremendous reach. Back during the World Wars, the ships needed spotter plans to confirm if the shells were anywhere near the target.

This is damn terrifying...

@waynewilliams343

8 жыл бұрын

That's why people on the beach were scared shitless of these things. Park a Battleship Battle Group off your coast and the little ants run.

@MrCarnutbill67

4 жыл бұрын

They’re even more deadly when you fire them where the bad guys actually are.

@crewchief1949 I was in third grade while you were fighting to ensure freedom for people all over the globe. Thank you. Three images have stuck in my mind since then. The MLRS batteries loosing hundreds of rockets. The sky over Baghdad lit up with anti aircraft fire, and these mighty guns. I'll keep those images all my life. Hooah!

@joehigginbotham903

4 жыл бұрын

My dad was on Wisconcin end of war an. Occupation He had a friend McBride that was on Big Wisky

If I remember correctly, the USS Wisconsin, was the longest of the battleships. She was damaged and they did a refit for her.

@noahhill4968

4 жыл бұрын

A whole foot longer, yes.

@willpat3040

2 күн бұрын

Respectfully, that is a myths. If anything the USS Wisconsin is about one inch shorter then she was before the damaged, as the damaged was done lower in the bow and the top of the bow was left in place and was not replaced, and of course is the longest part of the bow. There is still visible damage left in the deck where it buckled a little, pushing it about one inch in. Naval records has the New Jersey being the longest Iowa by a few inches, not that a few inches really matters. New Jersey is in the Guinness World Records as the fastest and longest battleship ever.

'And that kids, is that why devils and demons don't dare to come to the human world'

@andrebranco3402

3 жыл бұрын

What??

I will always love the battleship over any other ship made. The greatest ships of their time and forever, rock on!

Beautiful. We just visited the Alabama and it’s well worth a visit.

Meanwhile, some poor bastard in his fishing boat didn't know what hit him.

@Holden599GTB

10 жыл бұрын

aka Somali pirates.

@h1ll13illy2

4 жыл бұрын

Lol i thought the same thing

WOW! I didn't know that US Navy hired Nuns to load their cannons.

@macparoo

8 жыл бұрын

lol

@tudy000

8 жыл бұрын

+Qasim Mir they look like muslims to me :)

@murielcunningham8703

5 жыл бұрын

Anti flash uniform

@ironknight2872

5 жыл бұрын

NO NUN IDIOTS, THAT COVERS IS FOR STATIC PREVENTION SO YOU DON'T LIGHT UP THE GUN POWDERS!

@erichvonmanstein6876

5 жыл бұрын

In God we trust

3:53 that is a thing of absolute beauty!

Jesus I cant even imagine how intimidating Yamatos guns were. These alone are beastly. They just shake the air around them.

@Electronick7714

4 жыл бұрын

lol i dont have to. i know those guns were good. yamato was so scary we had to swarm it with planes to kill it. and even then it still fought tooth and nail until it was finally taken out. those guns were damn impressive for the time dude. just cause it sank doesnt discredit its firepower. if that was the case, the german tiger tanks wouldnt have so many fans despite so many being destroyed/lost.

If they were obsolete, they wouldn’t be maintained in perfect condition in their west coast storage. They have a munitions plan that still makes the munitions needed for this class of ship. If war comes. These great battleships will be back on duty so fast, the ability to destroy your enemies is never obsolete.

Nothing beats the sound of them guns firing.

I think this was during the 1991 Gulf War. The point was to neutralize/demoralize the enemy.

@patrickhenry948

4 жыл бұрын

...........worked. These big guns took out enemy command centers too I read. Ship sat off the coast and took fire directions from Marine spotters directing fire onshore. If targets were hardened, sometimes the missiles weren't enough. For the Iraqis ....there was no defense against this level of naval gunfire.

@rickblackhawk7264

3 жыл бұрын

I have a Brother inlaw that was in Vietnam, Hes has said on many occasions that the only time he got a good night sleep was the NEW JERSEY had night fire exercises! Charlie was not coming out!

@patrickhenry948

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickblackhawk7264 ........awesome pure brute force, and as you pointed out a very effective psychological weapon. You can hear the rounds traveling through the air, they make a distinct sound, the enemy knew it well and respected it. Even though you could her the incoming round, there was nowhere you could run fast enough for safety.

Visited the Wisconsin in Norfolk in May 2001 will never forget it!

I love old rigmarole in machinery like loading things manually and using valves to move huge things. This is engineering beauty

If the Montana Class Battleships had been built they would have been more devastating than the Iowa Class Battleships. Armed with the same 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 rifles she would have had 12 rifles instead of 9 and fired 24 shells per minute compared to the Iowa's 18. Iowa Class Battleships 2,916,000 lbs of AP shells per hour. (1458 tons) 2,052,000 lbs of HE Shells per hour. (1026 tons) Montana Class Battleships 3,888,000 lbs of AP shells per hour. (1944 tons) 2,736,000 lbs of HE Shells per hour. (1368 tons.)

@chuck6187

8 жыл бұрын

+Cody Nelson Maybe a President Trump with dust off the Montana Class blueprints. ; )

@Jake-cz1kb

8 жыл бұрын

+Cody Nelson Montana class would have had 18" guns

@Chickenworm9394

8 жыл бұрын

+Jay Shannon Montana would only mount 16" guns, in 4 x 3 turrets configuration

@Jake-cz1kb

8 жыл бұрын

Design plans had 18" guns...

@NC198600

8 жыл бұрын

On www.militaryfactory.com Armament: 12 x 16-inch Mark 7 main guns in four triple-mounted turrets. 20 x 5-inch Mark 16 cannons 10 to 40 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft cannons 56 x 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons .50 caliber machine guns for close-in self-defense as needed. Air Arm: 3 OR 4 x Vought OS2U Kingfisher OR Curtiss Seahawk floatplanes. Ship Class: Montana-class Number-in-Class: 5 Ships-in-Class: USS Montana (BB-67); USS Ohio (BB-68); USS Maine (BB-69); USS New Hampshire (BB-70); USS Louisiana (BB-71)

I love the true sound of freedom

I've toured the USS NORTH CAROLINA in Wilmington, NC. They let you go up in the turrets and wow, there is such a difference in barrel size with the 16" guns and the ones you were assigned to. I can't imagine back in the attack on Pearl Harbor when one of those bombs exploded through the deck of the Arizona and into the magazine room and the whole front of the ship broke off.

Walked on the Deck of "The Whiskey" for the first time in 2019. She is a Museum ship now and when I stepped on the deck, I got chills. I've been on the USS Massachusett, not trying to take anything away from her but, the chills I got stepping on "The Whiskey" was like nothing I have felt before. I just wish I could have seen more of the ship. When I was younger, I wanted to join the Navy just to serve on one of the Iowa's. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the type of job I wanted on them and ended up in the Army. I am like some others here and feel, they made a mistake when they put them out of service. No other ship in our Navy with the firepower, armor, and speed of those ships. One of my wishes was to see, in person, a full broadside by an Iowa class Battleship.

And the brits came up with one that had SEVEN turrets. Named after the weekdays no less. Can you imagine that, based on the firepower of this fuckin thing? "Monday! FIRE!!" BOOM BOOM BOOOMMM

Someone knows what music it is? Sounds awesome seriously, like oldschool video game OST

@Yora21 The delay in firing the guns in a turret is because it you fire all three at the same time, their blast influences each other just a little bit but enough to affect accuracy at long range.

@MrBreukuleis From various sources: The six silk powder bags are filled with reduced charges of D845 smokeless propellant. After WWII, Nitrated-Cellulose (NC) propellant was replaced by smokeless Powder Diphenylamine (SPD) , which burns cooler and therefore increases the barrel life. Barrel life was still increased later by the introduction of a titanium dioxide and wax compound called "Swedish Additive".

Damn. Imagine loading a single shell into the barrel while being fired upon by other ships in a war on waters. The Navy's got skill.

One BB I wish they had made that'd been fun to see is the USS Montana. Packing 12 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 rifles. Firing 32,400LBS of shells full broadside compared to Iowa class 24,300LBS full broadside from its 9 rifles. Powder Pounds total Iowa class: 5,940 Powder Pounds total Montana class: 7,920

@willpat3040

2 күн бұрын

I have often wonder how the Navy would have reacted if WW2 was delayed 3-5 years and they found out about the Yamatos. Only way the Montanas would get built is if the war was delayed. Also, if the Navy found out about the 18.11" guns on the Yamatos, the navy of course would not have the exact specs on the Yamato's guns so they would have probably played it safe and redesigned the Montanas to have the 18" 48 cal guns they had worked on. They could have done 4 twins turrets for 8 guns but it would have been amazing (and my dream) if they did 9 guns in triple turrets, since they already had too great a beam to go through the Panama Canal so larger turrets wouldn't hurt. Research done by several nations, including the USA, UK, and Japan had shown you actually save weight and citadel space with 3 triple turrets vs. 4 twin turrets and you gain 1 more gun. With this improved efficiency, maybe they could have gone back to the Iowa's 212K horse power engines instead of the 172K they settled on, giving the Montanas 30 knots instead of 28knots, while keeping the Montanas increased armor. Can you imagine this? Five; 30 knot Montanas armed with nine 18" 48cal guns, armored to the gills, sailing around. Makes me drool. lol The shell they would fire was 3,850 lb... My god how awesome!

Love how they show the process of loading and reloading! Must have been a sad day, realizing those guns would never fire again...

i love at 2:43 the shock is so great it knocks the messes up the camera for a second

.........BOOM!!!!!......BOOM!!!!!.....BOOM!!!!!! Man I love seeing a powerful ass Battleship firing hell upon the target, of course this is just test firing at non-enemy combatants.

🙁I have never been on a battleship, I was a tank commander, thought our shells were big, compared to this equivalent is about a 22 pistol

@blindsquirrel7802

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. But you still earned your BADASS medal. Thank you for your service.

3:00 Now that's what i call massive fire power firing all turrets at once, If that does not get you going nothing would!!

Lol...having been a sailor myself (USCG), I can just imagine what they were thinking: "Okay, they told us either shoot the ammo or offload it prior to decomm. Crew, what say you?" Crew: "SET GENERAL QUARTERS, CONDITION ONE!"

that's what freedom sounds like...Merica!

@gmansplit

8 жыл бұрын

Eh, the Japanese Yamato was bigger and badder.

@jonreese9254

7 жыл бұрын

Bigger yes, badder I think not.... don't believe me, get yourself a sub and go ask her yourself, she is at the bottom of the Pacific.

@rudolphna54

7 жыл бұрын

The Yamato is on the bottom because of aircraft, it never faced another battleship in combat. The Yamato vs Iowa would be an interesting battle, and the outcome would be entirely dependent on the conditions of the battle. If it was a night battle, or during inclement weather, Iowa would likely win due to superior radar and fire control. If during the day at range, the Yamato's superior armor and penetration would probably win out. There was a big difference between the design philosophies between the two. Iowa was simply designed and built to meet a certain need, to a specific set of design parameters. Yamato was built to be the best battleship the Japanese industry could build at the time. Say what you will, the Yamato was an incredible piece of design and construction even by todays standards.

Wonder how many of these guys had ringing in their ears from then on? I do from 146 DB in a coal plant and bet this tops that big time.

I read a lot of local people cam out to the coast ,in the Gulf war, just to see this ship fire some rounds inland . An old WWII battleship is something to witness

I wish they would repeat this in 2011 and do the recording in THX and HD! This is the best argument ever for getting a good sound system. Too bad there is only a single battleship left, USS Iowa, to perform this duty..the rest are floating museums/memorials.

@willpat3040

2 күн бұрын

Now, 13 years later. They are all museums and there isn't any more 16inch shells in inventory.

The Iowa class was always my favorite!!!

I have always imagined that when firing the 16” guns of the Iowa Class Battleships, nobody could be on deck. The concussion and heat blast would kill. True or not, the power of them is awesome. But, what amazes me most, is the structural engineering of turret platform that can carry them and endure the sustained and repeated forces of those guns, over and over again.

@mikecancilla3

4 жыл бұрын

The concussion and heat blast would be bad if the front two turrets were facing the bow and firing same with the stern turret... the broadside isnt that bad cus all of the energy and blast is going into the water and creates a shockwave for a brief second.

@RogueAshaman I think for a well-trained crew during WWII, twice a minute per gun was the rate of fire, so 18 rounds a minute from the 9 sixteen-inchers in total per ship.

You know they were the only reason why I joined. I have always wanted to serve on a battleship, but with only 4 left in the world my chances were slim. They give you what is called a dream sheet and I put battleship west coast. They said I could get battleship east coast, and I said yes. All battleship sailors in the 80's were hand picked to serve on board. I would like to serve again if they brought back the heavy cruisers. I'm glad you had the opportunity to see a battleship, They are great!!

I'm waiting for dreadnought with rail guns....

@joshuablack4042

8 жыл бұрын

... yes, Rail guns with their accuracy range and stopping power and ability to even shoot missiles out of the sky will be the revival of the battleship. after all we are a species of better and bigger and with a weapon capable of beating the missile and needing a ship to house it, we would end up having such large rail guns we would need ships the size of Iowas again. that would be awesome.

@lthotpocket8259

7 жыл бұрын

you... you do realize the first battleships were called dreadnoughts right?... there was the pre-dreadnought era battleships, the dreadnought era and the post dreadnought era battleships, and to be fair.. dreadnought sounds much cooler than battleship

Someday we need those ships. Keep them in shape!

@michikomiraitowa6965

2 жыл бұрын

I have your words😎

I'm not sure what is injected into the barrels after firing, but it expels the hot gasses to cool the breech so they don't cook off a round in the barrel. This happened to one of the 5 inch guns on one of the DDs or DEs (I don't recall which one) at the battle of Leyte Gulf. The gun cooling failed and the last round they had cooked off in the barrel and killed the gun crew.

I know you have no vids or subscribers but i am subscribing just becauseof your comments on other vids, they are hilarious.

Temper, temper

Love the big guns on battleships, sounds like American freedom

@KillerPoi

4 жыл бұрын

16 inches of pure freedom

@SosokPenungguRumahMantanmu

4 жыл бұрын

good ol' days.. nowadays military fanboi never knew how good old tech it is, they just know about computer guided long-range weaponry

What is that song in the start it sounds really funky.

I was on a Navy supply ship that took off the un-used ammo from her. We were about 1.5 miles away when they were doing/filming this. Even from that far the sound was IMPRESSIVE!

the bastards loading my South Carolina must have a coffee break every time I fire.

I would imagine if you actually got hit by that it would be game over.

My brother-in-law, Ron Freeman, was the Navigator on the USS Wisconsin during DS/DS. I dont remember if he was a LtCmdr or Cmdr.

The carrier has a multitude of ways to defend it's planes, some of the fastest and most advanced missiles ever created. Also, carriers move in formation with several other ships, and a destroyer fills the defense slot more efficiently than a battleship.

There's the collective idiocracy of 20 US states in this comment section.

Good grief that's A LOT of powder lol!

@noahhill4968

4 жыл бұрын

660 pounds of the stuff, yeah.

I wish I could have been there to see this in person. I've been in the turrets of a retired Iowa class battleship as a tourist and it's impressive. I can't imagine how impressive it would be to see it working. I take my boat down to see the USS New Jersey on the water between Philadelphia and Camden sometimes. I wish they'd fire off just the powder on Independence Day just for kicks. I'd pay to see that.

Is there any footage out there of the loading process of rifled muzzle-loading guns from battleships around 1870-1890?

Wonder if anyone's ever though of strapping one of those things to an Abrams hull. With or without a turret.

@armorhide406

9 жыл бұрын

It's too big. WAY too big. And, I don't think it could handle the recoil, braced or not. However, a 45000 ton warship is perfect Besides, these things were basically the scariest naval fire support platforms ever. Like in desert storm, where the enemy would spot an UAV and suddenly from something they couldn't even SEE (out of the horizon) either 9 50 foot craters appearing at once or a rolling fire of what were basically volkswagen beetles loaded with high explosives hitting every few seconds until they were told to stop. it got so bad that they started surrendering whenever they saw that UAV because you don't fuck around with what comes next. their armor also allowed them to shrug off anything that could be sent their way, like tanks.

@dickyfisher9249

9 жыл бұрын

Good fkn idea wish they would.

@AceMcGhee

9 жыл бұрын

It's impossible. These guns are nearly four times as big as the guns mounted on tanks. It would definitely be interesting to see though.

@armorhide406

9 жыл бұрын

***** the guns themselves are about the weight of the tanks.

@thomasedgerley1152

9 жыл бұрын

armorhide406 I'll bet the ammunision weights more than the tanks hull. But I'm sure the Yankees army can spare a tank for an experiment.

I wish the navy still had one of these in operation. Just to at least have the option of really big guns. Lol

@wholesomelunch6576

8 жыл бұрын

that would be cool but its to expensive to maintain

@Jk-ih5jm

7 жыл бұрын

+zack ludwig oh come on we have the most well funded military in the world!! I'm sure we can maintain these beasts

@wholesomelunch6576

7 жыл бұрын

+KING KHAN na

@mariofan1ish

7 жыл бұрын

But they aren't worth it. The Battleship was replaced by the Aircraft Carrier seventy years ago, simply for the longer range and better accuracy. These things are VERY expensive to maintain, and if they just won't bring any results... it's best to not bother.

WOW that's a lot of work for one shot! Amazing!!

To answer some questions. The general rule as I recall was, you could be on deck while firing, you were allowed to be aft of turret 3 if they were firing 1 or 2, you were allowed to be forward of turret 1 if they were firing turret 3. If they were firing all turrets, you were generall not supposed to be on deck. Also, you were expected to wear double hearing protection, the little foam insert plus the big muff style things. This was obviously not always followed.

Time for a major refit for the battleship and bring hell to the terrorism!

@neurofiedyamato8763

9 жыл бұрын

Dennis Boekema Terrorist are inland, a battleship isn't going to do shit to someone over 100km inland.

@slenderwizzard22

7 жыл бұрын

Neurofied Yamato ummmm if the Bismarck sunk the hood at 15 miles away then yeah go ahead smart ass

@neurofiedyamato8763

7 жыл бұрын

Slender Wizzard Ahahaha funny since 15 miles is fairly short distance when you are trying to shoot terrorist hiding deep in a country. 15 miles is only around 24km. Longest range a battleship gun can fire is around 45km. 45km is still considered the shoreline of a country. Battleships are only good at providing fire support for amphibious assaults. Yet we already have cruise missiles that have 4x the range and extended range shells of much higher accuracy.

I kinda feel sorry for anyone on the receiving end

@slenderwizzard22

7 жыл бұрын

Fog Heavy Cruiser Takao me to oh wait nvm it was a Soviet fishing boat

I don't know. That was the original music of the video when it aired in the early 90s. May have been an original piece made just for this instance.

@Contrajoe So, now we've discussed the theory, let's look at some real world examples. In July 1943, the Italian battleship Roma was sunk by two Fritz X missiles (Okay, they were closer to JADAMS, but the point still stands) Similarly, the HMS Warspite was also hit and while it survived, it took nine months in drydock before it was fit for duty again, and even then it wasn't fully repaired.

Wonder how many $$$ worth of electronics got knocked out every time they fired these babies?

@Shalterra

10 жыл бұрын

On the recieving end? I'm sure it was a huge number. But these old Mechanical systems were actually incredibly reliable with very little electronic/electrical oversight! The more you know! Rainbow -> Star!

@Jeffers59

10 жыл бұрын

Very little.... these ships were designed to do this, and should NEVER have been taken out of commission.... park the Wisconsin and New Jersey of the Ukraine shores, and Putin will be second-guessing his every move

@nectartyrant1390

10 жыл бұрын

Elite Gamer Core [EGC] Fear factor doesn't apply when MAD does apply. Not to mention you'd be creating a miniature Cuban missile crisis. We just got out of the cold war, we don't need to bring it back any time soon.

@notnamed510

9 жыл бұрын

Junn Kopf i couldn't agree more, however the Russians are reactivating there Kirov's so maybe its not there worst idea to be considered

@VSUPARHAM

9 жыл бұрын

Jeff Dole Nah. A carrier off your shore is much scarier. Besides, the threat is only useful if they think you'll use it. Putin knows we wouldn't draw first blood.

Donald Trump please announce that your going to recommission two Iowa Class Battleships when you become president!

@Blackice70009

8 жыл бұрын

+lander4545 too bad that will never happen c:

@raptor2265

7 жыл бұрын

Half of that happened. Unfortunately they'll never recomission the battleships. It'd cost way too much.

@warriordragonify

5 жыл бұрын

Time has proved he is stupid enough to do that...

@jamesdewer

5 жыл бұрын

So they have had their main spaces ripped up. Never happen

Man the fricken music slaps

The flash hoods are worn to protect the wearer from cordite propellant flash if a bag of propellant burns. Navys started wearing these after WW1 when various ships had fires in their magazines.

And PETA then complained half of the whales in the world had been killed by that drill. And you know what, not a fuck was given because that was awesome!