Was in the Navy from 1970 to 1983. I was a MM.Served in the engine room on a LPH-12,engine room on a DD-863,A Gang on the FF-1075,2 years in A Gang and 3 years in Main Control on the DD-944.Best time of my life.Miss those days.
@armouredpuppy
5 ай бұрын
Mighty Mux Bravo 4 Aft Engine 1980/81
@raybin6873
3 жыл бұрын
Dam that nauseating background noise (music)
@gon4455
3 жыл бұрын
Wierd music lol
@pitsnipe5559
3 жыл бұрын
Bug difference from my time in the fireroom. No buttons to push, no air conditioned control rooms, no protective gear to fight fires with. Just heat, sweat, and black oil. God, I miss it!
@SpillerKid
Жыл бұрын
Where did the term pull fires come from?
@pitsnipe5559
Жыл бұрын
@@SpillerKid Back in the days of coal burning boilers, when you needed to stop real quick, you would rake out the burning coal from the furnace.
@maq3009
Ай бұрын
@@SpillerKid from the guys who were in the "old navy" and anyone who says "back in my day".
@jimmehlich6093
3 жыл бұрын
To all who don't understand all ships power from navigation, weapons to taking a shower. Comes from the engineer's below decks. The ship cannot do anything without the engineer's. They are the heart of the ship. Everything runs off of engineering
@Shipwright1918
4 жыл бұрын
Aside from all the digital stuff, it's not too different from the engineering spaces on the older ships like an Essex or an Iowa, the throttleman's stand in particular is almost a dead ringer in layout. Steam's still steam.
@gon4455
3 жыл бұрын
Strange music matches the wierd pictures on the control panel. Snakes and ladders.
@JAB-wq5wd
2 жыл бұрын
I was on that ship. Man, how time flies.
@ChiefTiff
3 жыл бұрын
The “US 5th Fleet” segment showed Royal Australian Navy stokers on an Anzac Class frigate.... The grey coveralls were replaced over ten years ago with stupid 2-piece cam clothing that few sailors liked.
@NauticalPappyStu
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard quite a few not tickled with the change from dungarees and coveralls we used, but my two cents being from the cold war / Nam days don't really matter... *chuckle*
@peltel2222
3 жыл бұрын
What the heck kind of music is that?
@gon4455
3 жыл бұрын
Steam punk vibe, it's like a video game.
@pinchespiderman
3 жыл бұрын
I don't understand how those sailors could hear each other with that overbearing stuff playing on all those ships
@silverwiskers7371
3 жыл бұрын
What you see is the unsung heros that never get noticed but any ship cant do shit without them, think about what it was like in heavy battle and torpedoes hitting the ship, many of men died from being burned to death with no help coming or available, MY HATS OFF TO THEM
@davidnadeau6441
3 жыл бұрын
Somethings dont change...I got out 50 years ago from 4 years in engine rooms. Good video.👍
@ph11p3540
3 жыл бұрын
Engines and power are life. Without it you got no chance. Keep those engines running no matter what even if the ship goes down.
@mikewhitemore248
2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone remember the temp in the engine room of a essex class carrier!
@NauticalPappyStu
2 жыл бұрын
Served aboard the USS Lexington (Aft Engineroom), couldn't tell you what the temp actually was, but it was pretty high, particularly when we lost vent fans during a startup or shutdown...
@jamesramey6216
Жыл бұрын
The surface of the sun???
@charletonzimmerman4205
3 жыл бұрын
Damn the Navy, using those "SCOTT Air Paks" , I saw the regulator on bottom smacking that "Ladder" step" thats why in my "DAY" we didn't use them, used "OBA", in front, sure they were , Explosive, but they could have "Improved" them, but better, then that "High Pressure" bottle, "Rocketing" a Sailor, to "HELL".
@angrydragonslayer
3 жыл бұрын
That's a lot of quotation marks there buddy.
@AlanEvans-g8z
Ай бұрын
@@charletonzimmerman4205 I remember those days green canisters
@edwardpate6128
Жыл бұрын
Sure different than the throttle board on my old ship USS Preble DDG-46.
@chrisbrady-t1u
3 ай бұрын
A guy stood watch in the engine room buck naked when I was on the Saratoga in the 1970s Nobody said anything.Hell,it got 115 degrees down there.Cant say I can blame him.I take that back,he did have shoes and socks on.
@johnknapp952
3 жыл бұрын
I can watch "Other People" do maintenance and repairs all day long! 😂😎 Too bad LHD-6 will be history soon.
@vichedges8858
4 жыл бұрын
Why is everyone clean, not sweating and not exhausted looking? What Navy is this?
@NauticalPappyStu
4 жыл бұрын
Nothing like the old days of Boiler / Fireroom / Steam Turbines for sure...
@kevincrosby1760
3 жыл бұрын
@@NauticalPappyStu ...when automation was something that civilian ships had...
@matthewtenorioduenas202
3 жыл бұрын
Bruh I’m a gsm and I’ve been in my ship for only a week and oh boii, I’m fucking overworked , sweated and deaf
@shellytoman
3 жыл бұрын
No kidding. I had many port and starboard watches and maintenance on top of that. It was so damned hot. The stress was unbearable. Ugh.
@zauberlichneo
2 жыл бұрын
I was the EOOW in the first clip from the Iwo Jima. They specifically waited to film until right after turnover because the off going watchstanders looked like "sweat soaked zombies." 🤣
@markwoten6679
9 ай бұрын
I lived in the main engineering spaces my naval career.
@Opinionator52
4 жыл бұрын
One of my first thoughts was,,, "Wait I'm old???" lol Time is flying by.... :o) O,,,
@NauticalPappyStu
4 жыл бұрын
Feeling like a Dino too eh... Engine rooms aren't like the old days any more... The one on the Essex Class USS Lexington still forms my recollections, no enclosed control space, the steam plant control panels stood at the head of the turbines, the noise level and the space ventilation made a four hour watch seem an eternity some times...
@davidburroughs2244
3 жыл бұрын
If we were bored, things were going good.
@Asciri
Жыл бұрын
ENs in the Engine Room?? Thats the Iwo Jima those are almost all MMs
@GeoffKimber
Жыл бұрын
Why all the crappy music?
@abcdef5414
3 жыл бұрын
Worse than jail!
@davidentrot5644
Жыл бұрын
Music too loud!
@kennethwise7108
2 жыл бұрын
OMG HORRIBLE FLASHBACKS
@briandenison2325
3 жыл бұрын
Man I’m old, they look like children.
@AlanEvans-g8z
7 ай бұрын
Remember the uss white plains afs-4 may 1989
@williamrlujan4955
2 ай бұрын
I was a BT on her sister ship USS San Jose AFS7
@AlanEvans-g8z
2 ай бұрын
@@williamrlujan4955 I was a BT I was there when the fire went down.
@msfkmsfk
2 жыл бұрын
Cool video but now I am curious about the life of Information Systems Technicians ( or IT's I think ). It might also be the job I am best at for the most part because I am also CompTIA A+ certified. Just to be clear though, I got disinterested with the job because I don't want to have to spend hours of my time sitting at a desk, looking at a computer screen, all by myself, without any ability to surf the web or look at porn or socialize or anything recreational and fun of the sort. Now I know this sounds bad but a man like myself has needs and it would be nice to know that I will be able to fulfill those needs if I am going to be on a ship for weeks or months at a time. This is my biggest concern with being in the Navy.
@michaellalwani1923
Жыл бұрын
E4 Controller Room crew
@josephpadula2283
3 жыл бұрын
There are very few non nuclear steam ships left. The BT rate has been eliminated. The USS Ponce had merchant marine MSC civilians run the engine room!
@JC13406
3 жыл бұрын
Didn’t the BT rate end in the 90’s? I know my MMCM was one of the last who was a BT back in 2010
@davidburroughs2244
3 жыл бұрын
Had a choice in '96. To stay an engineer this BT would have to reenlist as a MM. All the old jokes were wasted.
@jimbeck553
3 жыл бұрын
My son was on the Ponce when they tested the laser. Ciws
@AlanEvans-g8z
Ай бұрын
@@josephpadula2283 break in case of emergency
@ogr7771
3 жыл бұрын
And now this ship is heading to the scrap yard because a sailor lit it on fire and destroyed it.
@joerg-michajahn4963
3 жыл бұрын
This is the "new" USS Iwo Jima LHD-7, not the Cold War one (LPH-2).
@pinchespiderman
3 жыл бұрын
@@joerg-michajahn4963 He was talking about the Bonny Dick
@williammurray1346
2 жыл бұрын
Don't use a screwdriver as a hammer use a screwdriver
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