The Battleship New Jersey tour guides and dry dock support staff are some of the nicest folks that deserve our thanks. The dry dock ship tour was amazing. Go there to give her a belly rub. It's good. Thank-you all.

@brianhall23

13 күн бұрын

It was fun.

@ginog5037

13 күн бұрын

Maybe for rich people, way out of my price range...

@KnittingPasta

13 күн бұрын

Belly rub. Lol

@Ozuhananas

13 күн бұрын

Wish I could, but living in Europe it's kinda hard for me to come....

@kolt4d559

12 күн бұрын

@@ginog5037 Its a splurge for a once in a lifetime opportunity. Yes if you live more than 2 hours from the Philly area it does get more expensive and that can be prohibitive, but also how many people just traveled to all places to see the eclipse?

I love how Ryan and the rest of the team at Battleship New Jersey downplay their role in putting museum ships on the social media map.

@casey6556

13 күн бұрын

Yeah It was BBNJ that first got me into museum ships (as opposed to being merely a museum goer who might visit a ship when convenient)

@PixelmechanicYYZ

13 күн бұрын

Whats mind boggling is Ryan said in a video once (dont know which of the 1200+ it was...) that New Jersey has the lowest visitation of any of the Iowas. But their social media reach is 8-10 times that of any of the Iowas. Thats due to the people here. Amazing how humble they are about it, especially when Ryans enthusiasm gets you to watch a whole video on... grey paint.

@xiaoka

13 күн бұрын

Yes. I went to see Iowa when I was in LA because of the NJ channel. I did the engineering tour and eat lunch and bought out the gift shop. 😅

@casey6556

13 күн бұрын

@@xiaoka I visited NJ first but it was this channel and their series of videos aboard USS North Carolina that led me to go visit Wilmington to compare

@Formulabruce

13 күн бұрын

@@PixelmechanicYYZ Its that EXTRA 7 Inches of Ship!

The drydocking of Battleship Texas and Battleship New Jersey has been a wealth of information on KZread. I've learned a lot.

Ship I wish was able to be drydocked that Ryan did not mention: USS Olympia

@timbonjovi

13 күн бұрын

Yes! She has gone the longest without drydocking.

@jonathanbair523

13 күн бұрын

If the USS Ward was still around. I would love to see her but sadly she got sunk. She was also the first US ship to fire and sink a IJN ship as she got a mini sub trying to sneak into Pearl Harbor before the attack.....

I'd love to see the RMS Queen Mary in dry dock, lord knows she needs it desperately.

@livethefuture2492

Күн бұрын

I would love to see her fully restored to her old Cunard livery. Maybe even fly the blue/red ensign if only for a photoshoot. Like looking into a time capsule of a bygone era, golden age of ocean travel. To me that's what QM always represented.

I would like to see the Sullivan's and/or Olympia go into drydock next.

@shelty3178

13 күн бұрын

Olympia is overdue, she hasn’t had one since ‘45.

@aserta

13 күн бұрын

@@shelty3178 Overdue by navy standards, not that i'm not agreeing.

Because “USS The Sullivans” partially sinking scared the crap out of them. They all figured except for some blind luck that could have been them and made the local community look bad.

@Norbrookc

13 күн бұрын

I don't think it was quite that, but instead that it woke up a lot of people (and politicians) who took these ships for granted. An attitude of "hey, they're big, made of steel, they'll be around for a long time" suddenly turned into "Oh, theyb need maintenance?" and opened a lot of wallets so it could start happening. The curators and staffs already knew what was needed, but didn't have the funding.

@nedlooby7419

13 күн бұрын

Massive oversimplification

@h.db.9684

13 күн бұрын

@@nedlooby7419. Simple doesn’t mean wrong

@tomtrenter3208

13 күн бұрын

The powers that be that are in charge of the museum ships got a HUGE wake up call when USS The Sullivans sank! Lots of the museum ships are funded by private parties with just a few receiving guvmit $$$.

@pizzaivlife

13 күн бұрын

As much as I love Shane and the crew, they made some big mistakes too (before Shane himself got there). They used aft tanks for Ballantine to make up for not having the screws on, and someone had cut holes in the hull to fill instead of pumping the water in. That meant when an interior bulkhead failed water freely flowed in (at least as I understand it, Buffalo Naval park has a pre-sinking video on their channel that showed their ballasting)

It was so awesome to see the New Jersey recently! Even saw Ryan just before he took a tour out. The size of New Jersey can only be understood in person, the pics and vids just don't do it justice. Truly a once in a lifetime thing!

@LuckyE-CV6

13 күн бұрын

I met him after one.

@littletimelord2755

13 күн бұрын

I went to see the ships in and around Boston recently, and this comment is quite accurate. Looking at lengths and widths and pictures, I always thought that constitution was kinda small, especially compared to USS Massachusetts. And Massachusetts is far larger in person, but that by no means made constitution small. Everything I saw up there was far larger than I had ever concluded in my wildest dreams. Pictures and videos really do nothing to convey the enormity of the looming structure that is a warship.

@Subgunman

10 күн бұрын

The old Kennedy was an awesome ship, size wise.

I think the pandemic also helped in its own weird way. I found this channel, and others like Drach, trying to keep myself from going crazy. At the start of the pandemic, i think this channel barely had 15K subscribers. With the raised awareness, I wouldn't be surprised if the larger subscriber pool lead to a larger donation pool. Who knows? 🤷

@youtubeSuckssNow

13 күн бұрын

100%

@littletimelord2755

13 күн бұрын

Drach and Ryan were my entry into naval history. I was a ocean liner fan, then the pirates of the Caribbean movies got me into age of sail ships, but after a couple of videos by drach and Ryan, I was a battleship nerd forever more.

@Practitioner_of_Diogenes

13 күн бұрын

In my case, Ryan's mention of video games is why I came interested in the ships themselves. Granted, most would frown upon Azur Lane (and the WAY less known Victory Belles), but the fact it did make me interested in the actual ships is an interesting thing. Visited Cavalla and Stewart earlier this year on Spring Break.

@jolunrohthocoudis526

5 күн бұрын

@@Practitioner_of_Diogenes Azur Lane is great. People want naval interest but then poo poo naval fiction. It’s not about being accurate it’s about keeping interest in the subject

@Practitioner_of_Diogenes

5 күн бұрын

@@jolunrohthocoudis526 True. Did become more interested in naval history because of the game. Though, Victory Belles does also scratch that itch, too.

I hope we never take it for granted, how fortunate we are to have such excellent museum ships around the country. A credit to the dedication of the curators and volunteers who give so much to the preservation of our history

@jonathanbair523

13 күн бұрын

Oh yes we are very lucky to have folks that is helping save and educate folks about the history of the ships...

@jameslister5946

12 күн бұрын

Americans are massively lucky with that I’m from uk and to say we once had one of the largest navies in world and its suck a huge part of our history there’s hardly anything left it all just gets scrapped here unfortunately.

I think it's crazy how wide the reach of museum ships are. The amount of out of town people who haven't even seen the Battleship before and took a drydock tour is enormous!

@PatrolingEden

13 күн бұрын

I drove from Canada last summer to see NJ because of this KZread Channel.

@Roddy556

8 күн бұрын

​@@PatrolingEdenI can respect that. I flew from Alberta to Orlando to see a Lunar Module.

@Ratkill9000

4 күн бұрын

My wife wants to your Lexington because her grandpa served. I want to your Texas because of the Fat Electrician's video on it.

It was great to see USS Texas finally get drydocked and receive the repairs she desperately needed. Her KZread channel, however, was very sporadic with the updates. IIRC, Travis didn't even post a video to show her finished and refloated.

@VKiera

13 күн бұрын

Texas tends to have her website and Facebook updated far more often than her KZread channel.

@tsufordman

12 күн бұрын

They say everything is documented, so I believe they will release a documentary style film eventually.

@JoshuaTootell

12 күн бұрын

And unfortunately Tom Scott hasn't been able to make videos.

@oldtugs

7 күн бұрын

Tom Scott's videos of Texas machinery are excellent. They set what should be the standard for historic ships museums. Rather than just ad nauseum videos showing selfies filled with the kind of misinformation that results from either laziness or lack of will to actually research the subject in order to fulfill the professed educational purpose of the museum ships Scott's videos are well researched, very well produced, and highly informative. Hundreds of selfies do nothing to deliver on promises made to the Navy and the public when those ships were acquired.

Texas followed by New Jersey gave it international attention

You could not have a more impressive background for a video.

@jeffbeadle9273

12 күн бұрын

Crane slowly swinging in the background and getting work done!

I can largely agree with this. There might be more dry-docking now because there are more museum ships than there were 30-40-50 years ago, but social media make us so connected that we learn things that we never would have otherwise. USS Texas was the first that I personally ever heard of a museum ship going into dry-dock, but when I thought about it logically, then I I realized "Of course museum ships get dry-docked every now and then after their decommissioning, they still need maintenance even when just sitting in one place in the water, and some of that maintenance needs a dry-dock to do." Of course, it is probably much easier to arrange time in a dry-dock for a little WW2 destroyer or submarine than it is to find a big enough slot for a 60 kiloton battleship. I've never actually been to a museum ship before, or for that matter, on any sort of watercraft bigger than a canoe. I really want to visit one of the Iowa sisters some day, to get a good personal look with my own two eyes at just how darned BIG they are. I'm in my 30's, so while I'm not really young, I have decent odds of still being around when New Jersey goes into dry-dock again. Maybe I will be able to visit then, or maybe I will be able to see one of her sister ships instead.

Thank you for keeping this ship for everyone to enjoy. It's sad that the day of the battleship Is over but future people will still be able to see an Iowa class ship! Thank you for what you do.

The US Navy needs this battleship again.

Not sure originally how this channel came into my feed 2 years ago. However, with my grandfather, father, Great uncle, uncle,and 1st Cousin serving in the Army-Air Corps, Air Force, and Navy respectively from WW2 to Vietnam, I have grown to love this channel as well as the channel as well as other museum ships and Aircraft. Thank you Ryan and volunteers for what you do to preserve history as it isn't being taught in schools correctly anymore.

New drinking game. Everytime Szimanski says “ON THE BLOCKS”

@DadWil

12 күн бұрын

The WisKy we left behind after the after our tour wouldn't last very long. I'll bring Ryan a bigger bottle next year.

@ClarkPerks

11 күн бұрын

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

@joelmacdonald6994

9 күн бұрын

Totally random question spurred by this comment. Did the USN ever have daily beer or rum rations like the Royal Navy, and likewise, the Royal Canadian Navy?

@AlteryxGaming

6 күн бұрын

@@joelmacdonald6994during the WW2 era, not really. Because the US was coming out of prohibition during the the buildup to that war, pretty much the entire generation in the US was used to ice cream parlors instead of bars/taverns. So the USN built several refrigerated barges to carry/serve it for the sailors.

@joelmacdonald6994

5 күн бұрын

@@AlteryxGaming that makes perfect sense. I’ve got a friend that served in the RCN and he was still getting rations in the ‘60’s. I could be wrong, but I don’t think that ended until about the ‘80’s for the RN or the RCN, but I’d never heard USN veterans mention it. The US ending prohibition in the ‘30’s didn’t even occur to me. Thanks for the response!

Thanks for referencing our local ship - LST 325. So amazing to have it here in Evansville, Indiana!

It's unfortunate that this explosion in social media interest and public awareness possibly happened just a bit too late for Kittyhawk and Kennedy. If they had been initially offered up as museums in 2-5 years from today instead of when they were, there might have been some groups able to put together acceptable proposals.

@ernestcline2868

13 күн бұрын

Perhaps the Kitty Hawk could have been saved from the breakers, as it would have been nice to have a museum supercarrier. However, the Kennedy was never going to make it to museum status. The complications of decommissioning nuclear reactors make it extremely unlikely that a nuclear-powered vessel will ever successfully make the transition to a long-term museum ship unless it has some unique distinction. NS Savannah has an outside chance as the only US civilian nuclear-powered vessel. USS Nautilus is a special case as the NHHC has it, but I consider that ship as vulnerable to future Federal budget cuts. USS Enterprise as both the first nuclear carrier and its association with _Star Trek_ might have been able to make it, but would have had much of its engineering space off-limits.

@kilianortmann9979

13 күн бұрын

@@ernestcline2868 JFK was oil fired, it was initially planned as nuclear, but then finished conventional.

@ernestcline2868

13 күн бұрын

@@kilianortmann9979 My bad. Weird that it still formed a subclass of its own since the nuclear propulsion wasn't included after all.

@ernestcline2868

13 күн бұрын

Still, the sheer size of supercarriers is a major reason none of the conventionally-powered supercarriers ever made it to museum ship status. They are unlikely to attract more visitors than smaller carriers but have considerably higher operating and maintenance costs. Hopefully the Tarawa will succeed in becoming a museum ship. If it fails, I think it will be extremely unlikely for any large naval vessel to make it to museum ship status anytime before 2050.

@charinabarcillo9160

12 күн бұрын

Ranger too

I have been spam watching USS Kidd's drydocking. All these amazing vessels are worthy of our attention. Great work to all American muesum ship teams out there especially the Battleship New Jersey Muesum and Memorial!

I have seen some of the followers from here in the USS Kid's comment sections :) Good to see us supporting all the old girls to keep them round for the next generation.

Well said Ryan. I wish this community was around when I was a kid.

Great camera angle, straight down the centerline. But I noticed that the Starboard side looks straighter than the Port side. (just as the beam starts to widen at the top of the black waterline strip)

I'm from the midwest and in my 30's. All my life I never even knew a museum ship was a thing until I found this channel over covid

These are definitely historic dry dockings for all ships that are going in right now... We've never had easier access to media about this type of this.. With much thanks to you and your team Ryan.

social media has DEFINITELY had a massive role in this. Back in the day, it was just news paper articles and maybe a radio mention....today its youtube, social media, 24/7 news channels, tiktok, etc... but its awesome being able to bring awareness to the general public about historical stuff like these ships also push Wargaming to out USS New Jersey into World of Warships, and have them make Missouri available again.

This entire dry dock has been so educational and fun to follow. I love that it is opens the door for young ones to learn and appreciate of history.

Thanks for the shoutout Ryan! I would like to see Olympia in drydock next.

The USS Requin in Pittsburgh, PA is really deserving of a dry dock restoration. I hope she gets done soon!

In October 2021, USS Nautilus began a restoration process that was expected to last 6 to 8 months. Included in the work: blasting and painting of the hull, installation of new top decks, as well as upgraded interior lighting and electrical The restoration was completed in June 2022 at a cost of US $36 million.

@randomperson8695

12 күн бұрын

I visited the Nautilus probably 10 years ago and really loved it, the museum and the submarine were enormously interesting.

Olympia next, because she needs it the most. Though I hope that the next time Intrepid goes in, she gives tours as well, because that's nearby.

I would like to see the fleet at Battleship Cove and the USS Salem go to drydock. Preserving a representative sample of what was built at the Fore River Shipyard is very important.

@semajniffirg230

13 күн бұрын

yea the boats at battleship cove definitely need some TLC

@littletimelord2755

13 күн бұрын

Those ships were in rough shape when I went there recently. Everyone was super nice, and me and a friend bought the gift shop dry, but they really need some work.

Dayum. Great work by cameraperson. both the star here and Ryan are in great focus! At first I wondered if one was a just a merged backdrop.

Really enjoy your youtube postings. One of your postings talked about the reduction gears. I served six years in the Navy on Nuc Subs. We were always trained that the navy did not own the reduction gears because of their costs. Your posting made me realize that that training was wrong when you see the number of ships in mothballs or scraped. I look at the sub grave yard in Washington where many ex subs are in that pit and realize those subs engine rooms were not dismantled and the reduction gears sent back to Westinghouse and your ship still has its reduction gears on board. I worked at Mare Island Naval shipyard for 20 years and regret not documenting my experiences while working there. That history in my life has been lost because that shipyard is being dismantled and my memories are being distroyed along with it. Your videos are a history documentation that will be available for years. I worked on Treasure Island off of the bay bridge and that island is just about been wiped clean of its past. I regret not documenting my experience their. Suggest that you encourage your younger aucience to document their life's experiences to share with their grandkids and family. One more experience - As a youth I can remember picking up the SACRAMENTO UNION paper which had an article on the New Jersey leaving Vietnam and being sent home for mothballing. The article stated that it was being sent home because it was running out of Ammo and it would be to costly to remanufacture new Ammo. While it was in route to the yard for mothballing a warehouse was located that was full of the needed ammo. A modern "Raider of the Lost Ark" story. You and your effort will help save our Navy's history. Thanks so much. Corey Sedgwick

My favorite museum ship, LST325, from my hometown, just came back from drydock.

Great shot with New Jersey bow on in the background!

Also happened here in Australia last year, HMAS Vampire a Daring class DD went into drydock for a checkup on her hull and a repaint at the Sydney naval base.

Id love to visit but its half way across the globe, thanks to this channel i can learn about the ship, great work!

Just got back from my dry dock tour, (Saturday) a memorable experience, well worth it. Quick thanks to Ryan for a chance meeting and brief discussion , the autographed tour hardhat was a great bonus.

That view is amazing 20th century engineering at its finest

USS The Sullivans is my pick!!! DE N2JYG

Definitely hope a carrier can be dry docked soon, but the issue being dry dock access. Intrepid could easily be towed to the Philly navy yard too. But what about Hornet? The dry dock in the Bay Area that could fit her is shuttered and likely be made into housing projects. That leaves a tow to Bremerton. Probably not very cheap…… Same with Midway.

@johns1039

12 күн бұрын

Intrepid was drydocked in Bayonne, NJ, in 2006.

@quagmire25

12 күн бұрын

@@johns1039 Didn't know that, that's awesome. Though the overall point was access to a dry dock. Intrepid has easy access. The other floating, not stuck in the mud carriers do not.

@johns1039

12 күн бұрын

@@quagmire25 Intrepid was stuck in the mud, although not on purpose. The Hudson River is a very rapid river, and buried silt around her. It took extra dredging to get her out. I wish that they would dredge USS New Jersey's berth so that the same thing would not happen to her, but, there are laws about a particular fish species spawning during her drydock period which would make dredging illegal.

@quagmire25

12 күн бұрын

@@johns1039 Meant the ones on purpose in the mud that Ryan mentioned.....

It totally agree that the power of socials make it easier to show interest. I love sponsoring by just watching and speaking out even though i live nowhere near to be able to visit the museums.

I really enjoy watching y'alls channel and all of the videos that are put out on this channel, I just wish that the USS Texas would start doing videos again.

The ' Enthusiasm ' is greater than in time past. as so many are finding out The families history has so many holes that need to be answered and touring the ship that a family veteran served on forms a deeper bond and tells those that are watching that " Out family has answered the call, this is where.

Ryan "aircraft carrier!" - Me (backs up slowly staring at monitor) "Your gonna need a bigger dry dock."

@kaidentjosaas7731

7 күн бұрын

Not exactly. Antietam, Princeton, and Valley Forge we’re built in that naval yard.

Can’t wait for The Sullivans dry dock….grew up near its home in Buffalo and walked by it everyday in the summertime…..A carrier would be awesome to see

so wise , Thank You . We Must Remember our HISTORY , I have been under an aircraft carrier (USS Ranger Cv. 61 ) Sadly no pictures . Sadly words fail to describe how Huge She Was

Navy Hstorical Command should award Museum personnel like yourself some kind of Meritorious Service Medal -

I'm happy that the YT (and others online) are able to bring in more attention to these museums. I do my best to spread the channels to other people. Practically everyone in my family's subbed, most of my friends are as well. I think that if we (the viewers) spread the word as much as possible, we can interconnect and give these museums a better future.

Excellent discussion Ryan. Good arguments. My vote is for the USS Cobia out of Manitowoc WI.

Keep up the good work, Ryan!

I would say that social media is definitely is a major portion of the image of more ships. Between Texas and Cod I have taken an interest in them more than I had before. Drach's USA tours have helped as well. The fun and flavor NJ and other museums bring to their media accounts is what keeps people coming back and paying attention.

The Mayflower II replica just came out of drydock in 2022.

Back in 2000ish I got to spend a few days living on the Taney. I was in the Naval Sea Cadet Corps and we went there one summer. We stayed on the ship and got to help remove and repaint a portion of of it. It was neat experience, every time you mention that ship it reminds me of that trip.

Haven't been out to the Alabama since I was a kid; now I want to go make a trip again.

I think uss Massachusetts is due for a dry dock, great video thank you 😊

The age of social media certainly helps bring attention to museum ships. Best comparison of dry dockings between similar ships: Missouri’s in 2008 vs New Jersey’s in 2024.

Certainly the internet and the way these ships have been presented in recent times has attracted interest . The costs of maintaining a large warship to the standard needed to open to the public and the resources to keep it operating must be astronomical . I've seen a few videos , mainly from Ryan but also Texas and Iowa and a few others and I'm sure it has helped with support .

It’s good to see that you did mention the battleship Texas. Yes, it has been in dry dock, and it really needed a lot of work on its lower hull. Way back in 1996 I was fortunate to visit my first battleship. battleship Texas and at that time you could tell it was in bad need of being dry docked I remember in the lower deck of the ship there was holes in the hull a few feet above the water line that you could you could see the water on The outside. They did have people hanging on platforms on the outside of the hull welding up the holes in the hull on that visit I had to the battleship Texas.

Thanks!

New Jersey was my go to BB when gaming. This includes all eras from WWII to fantasy future gaming. thanks for keeping the ol'girl around.

Can you explain or show how the yard crew are able to get the paint lines even/symmetrical down both sides of the ship? Do they use laser levels and how did they do it decades ago before such technology existed? Fascinated how large structures such as ships can be painted with such precision when you consider all the different tolerance you have across the hull.

We have to get the Cruiser Olympia in drydock, this ship really needs it

USS Olympia needs to be dry docked, she hasn't been dry docked the entire time shes been a museum ship, sense 1957 i think.

@davidty2006

13 күн бұрын

Must of been well maintained topside or 1800's engineering is just better....

I would love to see the battleship Wisconsin in drydock!

Cool crane work in the background!

Great ship !

1999: USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 2000: USS Salem (CA-139) 2008: USS Missouri (BB-63) 2022: USS Texas (BB-35) 2024: USS New Jersey (BB-62) and USS Kidd (DD-661) USS Constitution is drydocked intermittently throughout.

Alot of the ww2 ones are about the same age/materials

Ryan, I used to watch the news and weather in the evening…. The news has become the fire/crime report happening in a neighborhood I’m not visiting… and weather is now provided online by the weather channel… Now I have more time to spend a few minutes on an interesting topic… Go Battleship NJ! 😃

I would really like to see the USS The Sullivans in dry dock sooner rather than later. She is currently on barrowed time.

She looks great!

BIG J always #1

Sullivans definitely needed dry dock since it sunk

What a slick Behemoth. Stood on the Mighty MO. When She was holed up in Bremerton, 82-83. Last century. Do wish to purchase 1 of the zinc anodes.

It's nice to see things preserved and restored over time as to see history preserved despite some wanting it removed but its history it can't be removed.

The size of that ship on KZread alone baffles me. To the left of the bow of the ship you can clearly see how tiny the human looks inside the man lift working compared to the scale of the ship. I still can’t believe that thing floats.

Great job and great channel, Ryan! The next ship I would love to see drydocked would be the U.S.S. Hornet in Alameda California.

When was the USS Olympia last in dry dock? She’s one of the oldest grey ladies still afloat. Her only surviving contemporaries that I can think of are the other pre dreadnoughts Aurora and Mikasa.

@andrewbeehler579

13 күн бұрын

From what I can find, her last dry-docking was in 1945.

@kennethhummel4409

13 күн бұрын

@@andrewbeehler579 yikes! Her sheet iron hull is probably more rust than viable metal.

@andrewbeehler579

13 күн бұрын

@@kennethhummel4409 she would absolutely have a docking period of over a year.

@kennethhummel4409

13 күн бұрын

@@andrewbeehler579 lt maybe so bad that keel blocks might start to pierce the hull!

@bruceb4349

12 күн бұрын

@kenneth Ugh

Ryan, you had national news cover the USS New Jersey!!! Texas is great but national news!

Your the best Ryan.

When texas went ibto drydock, i spent the day playing the texas in wows while watching the stream of her moving in on my 2nd monitor.

Your , and crew are doing the old Girl justice . Thanks for preserving our history .

North Carolina had a coffer dam recently to fix holes in her hull.

Simple these ships are going to be NEEDED VERY SOON

Enjoyed the tour on Sat. T/Y Libby

Nice to hear you mention LST 325 as im sitting here wearing the shirt lol.

There's a lot of steam locomotives being restored as well. This is a great time for old school tech for sure ..

Woot LST-325!!! She's back here at home now.

I’ll be visiting in November, along with Wisconsin and maybe Massachusetts is there is time, hope to catch ya on a day you’re there

If I had to guess its to get them done now for the next 10 years before they need the docks for building more current warships. You could fit two or maybe 3 new build destroyers into the dock New Jersey is currently sitting in.

I'd love to see USS Enterprise (CV-6), the hero ship of World War II, in dry dock. Unfortunately, unforgivably, she went to the scrappers in 1958.

Yeah, one of the carriers was also my first thought for a ship to see in drydock. That said, it would be really interesting to be able to see the blocking / bracing, and go under the hull, of USS Constitution in drydock. Especially if you caught her while she was having some planking replaced.

Question about drydocking - How many times a day does Ryan climb the drydock stairs? How many steps?

I would like to see the Wisconsin (in Norfolk) or the Missouri (in Pearl Harbor) in drydock soon.

You may not have been under an aircraft carrier, but I DROVE under one. I used to live in Newport News Virginia. One day I was driving over to Norfolk. As I drove into the Hampton Rhoads Bridge tunnel there was an aircraft carrier sailing ahead of me as I entered the tunnel. When I came out the other side it had already transited the channel while I was in the tunnel. Therefore, I drove under the carrier.

And let's not forget the LV87-Ambrose (New York Ship,1907); she is also prepared for a second trip to dry dock. TM retired SSSM Staff member who lived aboard