I know that Island very well for I was stationed there from late 68 to late 71 at the Naval Degaussing station in the two story white frame house that was on the West side facing Jamestown. I have walked all over that Island and use to plow the snow when we had it so security could drive around the island. It is a neat place and good memories of the folks that worked there such as the power plant and others.

@punkinholler

12 күн бұрын

Why did your navals need to be degaussed? (This question is part joke, part serious, btw. Fr, why do you have to degauss boats?)

@miken4jojl84

12 күн бұрын

@@punkinholler It is a term in the Navy but what we did was look at the ships signature with coil that were under water. A ship is metal and it has been welded on and so on and it makes its own magnetic field and we measured that field so as not to set off magnetic mines. The ship has also coils around it to counter act the magnetic field and with the info we could reduce the field of the ship.

In 1972 when in the Coast Guard our 210' ship went to Gould island to offload all munitions prior to going into dry dock for repairs. So they must have stored munitions for a while also

My friends and I used to visit the south side of Gould Island in the mid 1980's. We ALWAYS brought umbrellas to stop seagull "rain".

This was very good. My Father was an engineer developing Mark 48 torpedo launch systems. He fired many torpedoes from Gould island in the 1960s and 1970s,

@alan6832

6 ай бұрын

Was Gould Island involved in the infamously defective Mark 14 torpedo of 1942? or the eventual correction of it's many defects during 1943?

@riverbluevert7814

6 ай бұрын

@@alan6832 Gould Island was a facility to launch and test torpedoes. It was not a design facility. It's my understanding the non-contact fuse and depth control were the worst torpedo design defects during WW2.

@alan6832

6 ай бұрын

@@riverbluevert7814 The replacement contact fuse then had problems as well until, according to Drachinifel, multiple problems with it were finally ironed out around Sept. of '43, at first by informing captains that they worked better at oblique angles rather than right angles, which crushed the fuses before they had time to work.

This channel is criminally underrated. Great video as always.

@ANON-yj9lm

8 ай бұрын

This comment made me subscribe. Ive seen a few vids and for some reason I’ve never subscribed.

@cyberfertz

8 ай бұрын

Agreed

@nathanworthington4451

8 ай бұрын

Exaggerate much?

@UncaDave

7 ай бұрын

“Criminally”?????? So you are subject to a jail term and hard time if you under rate this channel? Come on, use a better choice of words. I think the channel is one of the best but I wouldn’t think you should go to jail if you don’t like it. Your exaggeration makes a point but is definitely overboard.

It is still an active Navy facility on the northern acreage as of 2022

Lived on Carr Lane (Jamestown) in the 50's, sailed around Gould Island in my Beetle Class sail boat, My dad worked at the Torpedo factory until he was drafted (drove landing craft WW II in the Pacific after ear problems took him out of submarine school). JP3

Excellent documentary. I never knew of this island, and it’s history is amazingly rich. We need documentaries like this.

You mentioned "The Washington torpedo station" now known as NUWES Keyport. You might find it interesting to research and present a video on. I retired from there, and it is an interesting place indeed.

1986- 94 6th Motors ,,,Marine Reserves we would storm the beach over and over every year as amphibious training

Very enjoyable watch after a long day at work...... "So much history, So little time........

I literally just did research on this place. I research and report on abandoned locations around the world and fine the hidden history behind them, I've already mapped out near 20,000 places all across the world from every type of place you could think of. Just interesting I found out about this place last week, not known by many, and now you upload a video. There are a few islands in the area that also have some interesting history and were left behind as well.

@kweenk5072

8 ай бұрын

Oh wow, 20,000!! I'd love to see some of the research you did on these places. Or you should start your own channel (if you haven't already) I love hearing about stuff like that.

@knowledge4741

8 ай бұрын

@@kweenk5072 Yeah, I started mapping and archiving my places I think 2014ish. I try to keep up with the interesting and bigger areas because stuff is getting demolished faster than ever. We have already lost so much very important locations for no reasons at all. I am in the process of working on a channel, I believe people should know about some of these spots that never get seen, then demolished due to greed. I am also a photographer so I've been photographing places for awhile, some completely demolished off the map.

@knowledge4741

8 ай бұрын

@@kweenk5072 Interesting thing though, Japan has the 2nd highest number of abandoned buildings in the world due to their laws. You'll find tons of hotels, resorts, and much more massive buildings all across the landscape. America is first of course, but they also include just vacant houses on their list so I don't count those.

@kweenk5072

8 ай бұрын

@@knowledge4741 Yes its crazy how much history has been demolished and we will never know or see some of the things that might be answers to other discoveries they done have answers to but it would be neat to see what you have found and documented on. I want to subscribe to your channel when you get it going. It's sad tho we will never know of the things we have destroyed and what information it held.

It should be noted that the Colony of Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. He left the Plymouth Colony because he did not agree with Plymouth's practice of religion. He established the principle of religious freedom and the separation of church and state - the first of the English colonies that would one day become the United States to do so. This tiny state is a very important part of our history.

@daffyduck9901

8 ай бұрын

It also has the longest formal name of any state in the Union. Full name is " The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"

@daffyduck9901

8 ай бұрын

Narragansett Bay is also the Quahog capital of the world 😋

@NickGonsalves

5 ай бұрын

@@daffyduck9901 Up until 2020, the name is now just Rhode Island.

fantastic review

Great video keep up the good work👍

The MK 13 was an unreliable aerial torpedo at best but the MK 14 was an utter disaster costing many submariners their lives and allowing countless Japanese ships to survive attacks.All because one navy bureaucrat kept his rubbish design in service to save face and a few bucks for a penny pinching ordinance bureau .

@Idahoguy10157

8 ай бұрын

The problems originated due to Congressional and Navy pre-war penny pinching in not paying for the testing and trials that were absolutely needed before torpedoes went to the fleet. You know the rest of the story

@dannycalley7777

8 ай бұрын

WD ..............my Mom worked on the aerial torpedo during WW2 and I got the pin they handed out for ship sunken , a good keepsake

@JoeBLOWFHB

7 ай бұрын

The reason for the "penny pinching" was this thing called the Great Depression. The Mk 14 was developed at the beginning of the depression. The depression affected every facet of life including peace time government spending. The Mk 13 was developed in the middle of the roaring 1920's when testing costs was no object.

@allangibson8494

7 ай бұрын

The Mk 13, 14 & 15 used a common design with different sizes of propellant tanks. They shared all the exact same faults that weren’t fixed until 1943 which meant that less than 10% were physically capable of functioning because it took four separate failures to function as designed to function as intended…

@Idahoguy10157

7 ай бұрын

@@allangibson8494 …. It took interventions by Admirals King & Nimitz to force BuOrd to admit and start fixing the torpedo issues. Nimitz authorized local testing of torpedoes. Literally firing torpedoes against a cliff case in Hawaii! Then opening mk14 torpedoes which didn’t detonate to find out why. As well as showing BuOrd the mk14 depth setting was unreliable.

My Grandparents worked at the torpedo station in the 1940s. My Dad watched a torpedo come up on the beach as a kids living on the North end Conanicus Island.

@dannycalley7777

8 ай бұрын

BB ................the ultimate predator fish ????

There is a reason they needed to test so many torpedoes. US torpedoes were terrible, with only one in six operating correctly. Both sub, air, and ship-launched torpedoes were unreliable, and it wasn't until 1943 that they started getting a handle on things.

@kermitwilson

8 ай бұрын

There were a lot of Navy procurement people that should have gone to prison over that mess. One of my grandfathers told me the submariners modified their own torpedoes to make the fuses work properly.

@erroneous6947

8 ай бұрын

Sounds even worse than the TOW missile in gwot. By several accounts those were 50/50.

Excellent video. I never heard of this. Great researching job.

Awesome channel. Thank you.😊

Thanks so much for your posts

You should look into Egmont Key off the cost of Tampa Bay. Its history goes back to at least the Civil War.

My last name is Gould. I didn't know that I had an island, LOL.

Interesting how these sorts of islands are so often 'bird sanctuaries.' Seems more like theyre just reserved for the mil in case they want them again.

9:51 beaver tail -- great video!

Born and raised in Jamestown, Conanicut Island. I appreciate this!

@elizabradley4797

8 ай бұрын

May I ask you a question ~ There is another Gould Island with homes Jamestown Rhode Island ~ Do not understand ~ Also do you know about the R.J. Reynolds loss of their youngest son whom died in 1932, married to actress ? Mystery of who done it to this day.

@jmad627

8 ай бұрын

Passed thru Conancicut Island many times taking the ferry to Newport in the late 60's.

@jonahgadoury6421

8 ай бұрын

@elizabradley4797 They consider Gould Island as part of Jamestown, or Conanicut Island because it's proximity is closer to Conanicut Island Vs. Aquidneck Island, knows as Newport that includes Middletown, and Portsmouth. As for James Reynold, just look it up!

I hope they make it so you can visit and ride on bike trails and maybe have some built in BBQ pits etc. Have a few limited facilities like washrooms and maybe a place to get food. Could be really nice to visit! Thanks Ryan, great history!

@daffyduck9901

8 ай бұрын

None of that will ever happen, why bother you have all of Newport to do all that.

Great video👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Until recently I had no idea how complicated WWII torpedoes were, from the gyros and other do-dads in the torpedo to the analog computer that calculated firing solutions. It might make for a good episode.

@daleolson3506

8 ай бұрын

And how terrible they were

@jamiejones6994

7 ай бұрын

@daleolson3506 Well at the end of the day here we are....

@davidmurphy8190

2 ай бұрын

Drachinifel has a good channel and discusses torpedo development prior to WW2.

Love this podcast.

so, a couple of things you passed or glossed over a bit, but I'm interested in. 1) did the previous private owners get paid when their representative government demanded the property in the interest of national defense? Do we know how much? 2) once it was no longer in the interest of national defense, why was it not put up for sale?

@seanmcmahon8939

8 ай бұрын

The Island was taken from the Houghton family in 1919 with a compensation of $80,000.

@trwsandford

7 ай бұрын

@@seanmcmahon8939 thanks, that was a lot of money at the time. I might have sold it for that.

Great video. Would you consider doing a docu on Farragut NTC and the "secret" Bayview idaho Naval research facility.

There is a Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria very near the Potomac River where early torpedos were developed and tested as well. Lots 7 lots of very interesting history in that area.

Ryan, I cannot think of anyone on KZread better at research than you. Thanks for all the hard work.

I wish you’d did history unboxing videos !

I BEEN ON HOPE AND SEEN THE BUNKERS..GREAT JOB ON YOUR VIDEO

The RI DEM has published aerial maps going back to 1939 on their GIS portal. You can see the island change over time.

9:26 😂 I had a similar size bill from backing into a pylon at the Food Lion.

@rogerpenske2411

8 ай бұрын

D’oh

I used to work security for the NUWC and occasionally got asked to overnight on the island to keep an eye on the test torpedo. First time I ever saw an incinerator toilet.

History from my state that was amazing

It would nice to see everything removed, and removed….not just swept into the sea. That pier is hideous……even remove the roads. Restore the island to be recognizable to the Narragansett tribe. This would be ultimate honor to the Nation.

Wow. That turned into an I don't care really fast.

I just went by there in a boat a few days ago.

I grew up in RI and snuck onto the island when I was in HS. Took a skiff from Jamestown. Kind of spooky at night

Changing hands, reminds me of Berwick on Tweed

It’s probably forbidden because the Stargate program keeps their alien parasite prisoners there

@phil20_20

8 ай бұрын

Maybe Baal's friend is there and he didn't kill him afterall. Poor guy. 😅

@rogerpenske2411

8 ай бұрын

Egyptian Dewey

@wacho4xj

8 ай бұрын

I came to the comments looking for a Stargate reference, thank you for not disappointing me.

@lonnybush5612

8 ай бұрын

😂

@therealbadbob2201

7 ай бұрын

Its where they develop the viruses that are triggered by the national alert system...

Interesting. My early American Baptist Ancestors colony moved to RI 1634 from MA orig from Wales. I assume were in the NA attacks. That was sad to hear. My family moved slowly West after that but my gggrandfather's 3rd Wife was a child of Novelist Caleb Carr but I don't know if that is the same Carr Family in RI. Her in-laws a Scott family CT>NY.

I would hate to dredge the waters around old wepons test island. Im sure all kinds trash in the water 😮

@DonMason-cv6og

21 күн бұрын

Dove that place on occasion. Yes. There was a lot of discarded stuff. Souvenirs

How do you find all the strange places

I hope they are making them better, than the WW 2 's. We lost a lot of ships and our lives because of the lousy job the makers were doing.

Great job

JAFFA KREE!!!!

It’s BeaverTail…. Not trail. It’s the shape of the peninsula. 🤷🏼‍♂️

"During the Revolutionary War, ownership became entangled in political conflict, and it was THIS era, where it became the property of Rhode Island for the first time... THEN the saga really began on Aug 12th, 1700"... wait what? Did someone have a freakin TIME machine?? My brain can't allow myself to continue watching this.

@JustCameronAndHisJeep

8 ай бұрын

Yep.

@indianaslim4971

8 ай бұрын

If you watch this channel for any length of time you would know that there's going to be a mistake or two, it's deliberate and is done to guarantee comments that feed the algorithm monster.

I thought that the Title said Goose Island!

Ground zero for the greatest naval infamy of WWII: the early American torpedoes.

5:35 Note that the house has only 2 electric service wires - no 208v line.

@DonMason-cv6og

21 күн бұрын

The island had its own power plant. Pair of humongous diesels

Dutch island next

I wanna try my luck lol

At what point did the torpedoes of the island go from what we would call sea mines to the torpedoes of the U-Boats of the 20th and 21st centuries?

@WALTERBROADDUS

8 ай бұрын

Basically with the invention of the Whitehead torpedo.

The torpedoes didn’t just affect submarines. The torpedoes also affected PT boats. The Guadalcanal campaign would have gone much differently if the torpedoes had functioned properly. JFK might not have had his boat sunk.

They “ sold” the land. Received what they asked. What’s with history revision. Both sides got what they agreed what was fair, at the time?

@perfectallycromulent

8 ай бұрын

when only one side owns guns, and brings them to the talks, negotiations are never fair.

@normanmcneal3605

8 ай бұрын

@@perfectallycromulent you saying the other side had no means to fight? Seriously?

@perfectallycromulent

8 ай бұрын

@@normanmcneal3605 dude, read a history book. they are full of massacres. a few men with guns can kill dozens of people without guns, especially women and children.

If you can't defend it, it's not yours.

Hi

Yeah use fish around there

There is another Gould Island Jamestown Rhode Island with homes ~ don't understand

@riverbluevert7814

8 ай бұрын

The town of Jamestown is on Conanicut Island. It's much larger than Gould Island.

@Seawizz203

8 ай бұрын

There are actually two Gould Islands in Narragansett Bay, RI. Neither have homes on them. The larger one, the subject of this video, is located in the Bay between Jamestown and Newport. The other is much smaller. It is located in the Sakonnet River (part of Narragansett Bay) between Portsmouth, RI and Tiverton, RI. It may be one square mile, and that is being generous. It’s mostly rock thickly overgrown with brush. I know these things because I live here and have boated on the Bay my whole life. It’s a beautiful place many people outside the area do not know about. It’s Rhode Island’s largest natural resource.

@DonMason-cv6og

21 күн бұрын

​@@Seawizz203have never been there but heard it is full of snakes

Cool story, Bro. Are they going to tear down the buildings or leave them and put safety rails everywhere? I bet it would make an excellent animal sanctuary, and there are far too few of them. Good people could still visit the island if they promise to stay on the pathways and not to litter, like good folk used to do.

By "sold the land" I imagine you mean "were robbed of".

@WALTERBROADDUS

8 ай бұрын

The term you're looking for is, eminent domain.

Unless you’re in the navy or get a permit to study birds…… little misleading, no?

Very long and tortured history here. Why was the Indian tribe not recognized till recently?

The last time I checked, the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor took place in 1941 not 1942 as you stated.

@shaunp9592

8 ай бұрын

He said something happened 2 months AFTER the attack which would make that in February 1942. NOT that the attack was in 1942. Pay attention.

@greggmundkowsky5798

7 ай бұрын

Yes he did say 2 months after the attack on December 7th, 1942

Now I can research Gould Island on the internet. Didn't need a history lesson. 😂

Cloning in the basement?

@OuterGalaxyLounge

8 ай бұрын

Looks like you'll fall for anything.

gringo bs

@joedirt3449

25 күн бұрын

Mijo?!

@41jreyes1

25 күн бұрын

@@joedirt3449 mija hahaha saladitas hahahaha google it if you can't understand

Well if it's OFF LIMITS then that means that they are doing EVIL THINGS that they don't want us to know about.

@DonMason-cv6og

21 күн бұрын

Military weapons facility. With 24. 7. Security. Don't go there

Yards and acres??? What century do you think we are in? lol I'm out.

Violent cuz of that stupid book he's trying to force on them...

Well theres ailens there so

Now no build left in Gould Island

Politics, bullshit!!??🤔🤔Whaas da diffrenc!!?? Ain't no difffrence!🥱☹️

@felsinferguson1125

7 ай бұрын

I beg to differ - Bullshit (the real kind, not the metaphorical stuff) is at least useful as fertilizer. Politics, on the other hand...

Disgusting expropriation.