Just bought a piece of teak and a deck bolt :). Thanks, Ryan!
@stanfede5022
2 жыл бұрын
My wife's dad served on the Cleveland class light cruiser, Amsterdam during WW 2. Shorty after he passed in 2009, my wife found a message on his answering machine from one if his surviving shipmates who had attempted to get in contact with him. She returned his call and gave him the news that her dad was no longer with us. He subsequently sent us a couple of small teak pieces from the Amsterdam's deck. We can be fairly certain they are WW 2 vintage because while the ship was commissioned in January of 1945, she was decommissioned in June of 1947. I believe she sat in storage until she was scrapped in 1972.
@kriegguardsman9117
2 жыл бұрын
Ryan has started to get great at this. The amount of cuts is fewer and fewer. The information delivered better and better. It’s great to see it the improvements and the love the channel gets.
@mtlbstrd
2 жыл бұрын
And he’s looking a LOT more comfortable on camera. Which is good, cuz, as much as I enjoyed the info he gave, those early videos were kind so difficult to watch, I felt bad for him. Glad he’s grown into the role, not just as curator of the Battleship New Jersey, but as de facto representative for museum ships in general…
@scottie6-573
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, he is becoming a great on camera presenter, much more comfortable in front of the lense, and much better at giving dialogue without a script. Its great to see the channel grow. Which segways nicely to a congratulations on 100k subscribers! You guys have earned it. Thank you for all the hard work and all the information you have shared with us. This has become one of my favorite channels and I look forward to the future content.
@Tuck-Shop
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know battleships could have botanical gardens. The humourous parts are appreciated, always.
@Chris_In_Texas
2 жыл бұрын
While I don't have pieces from New Jersey, I do have pieces from Liberty Bell 7, which lived in the ocean for just a "few" years at 16,000 feet down! When they were restoring it, they were selling parts that they couldn't use anymore, and I was happy to be able to purchase a few. So a little bit of history there. I also have one of the ensigns from the USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) AKA "Wandering Arctic Garbage Barge" while my dad was serving aboard her as an ensign. She was launched about 4 months after BB62. She also served in the USSR Navy as well as a lease, and then got her back. Keep up the good work sir. 👍
@grahamdavenport6622
2 жыл бұрын
I love the enthusiasm Ryan has for his job and the ship he is looking after I'm so glad I found this channel keep the content coming and I'll keep watching
@andypoul
2 жыл бұрын
I have a pair of small Teak Barrels which were made from the Wood of some RN Battleships, HMS Warspite, and HMS Queen Elizabeth, both have a tiny plaque with the ships name, and the Queen Elizabeth one says 'Dardanelles 1915' and 'Earl Beattys Flagship Grand Fleet 1917'
@RobbieVoy
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, as always your videos are so interesting. However, wood workers today still align the grain of a plug with the grain of the board it is going in. While it is certainly better esthetically, the main reason it is done on ships and wooden boats is the wood expands across the grain Placing the plug any other way would result in additional stresses on the plug and deck board, resulting in plugs splintering over time.
@lexington476
2 жыл бұрын
This is the most interesting video I've ever watched in regards to wood and rust 🙂
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, we're a little rusty!
@MrMexicanarmy
2 жыл бұрын
@@BattleshipNewJersey this is why everyone loves you guys :)
@garywayne6083
2 жыл бұрын
@@BattleshipNewJersey its understandable you wood be 😁
@mattsmithcantonga9652
2 жыл бұрын
I have became a avid watcher. Visiting the ship is on my list because of your videos
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
FYI I'm putting a screenshot of this in my quarterly report of the importance of this channel. But yes say hi when you visit!
@WhatAboutTheBee
2 жыл бұрын
@@BattleshipNewJersey He isn't the only one. Discovered Battleship NJ through your videos. Didn't even know it existed or was accessible. Now I cannot wait to visit!! Attaboy Ryan!!
@Jplus-hd6gs
2 жыл бұрын
100% - same here!
@snegik
2 жыл бұрын
Relatable
@alancranford3398
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for braving the snowfall and cold to educate me on battleship teak deck planks. That's dedication!
@brohawk7395
2 жыл бұрын
I was a Boiler Tech onboard and this was home in Long Beach until we decommissioned her... great West Pac memories..nice vid 👍🏼
@VisualBasic6
2 жыл бұрын
I love how slowly but surely, the quality of these videos improve. The video quality, the audio especially.. Thanks for putting so much effort into this!
@brendansmith8319
2 жыл бұрын
I bought a big piece for my dad last father's day (we are from New Jersey). I'm so happy to see this video...that piece was very tight grained and had lots of rust under it. I'm thinking it is a real WWII part! Thanks!!
@phoenixjim0527
2 жыл бұрын
His ready knowledge is impressive. I like his enthusiasm in spite of the weather.
@briancox2721
2 жыл бұрын
I bought a foot long piece recently. I plan to make at least one set of grip panels for a 1911 from it.
@wendywhite4537
2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know you were selling the teak deck. I just ordered some. Thank you for caring for the ole girl. She’s a beauty.
@jasonirwin4631
2 жыл бұрын
I gave my dad a few pieces of teak from new jersey as a Christmas gift and he made me a pen with some of the teak I gave him.
@markhudson2088
2 жыл бұрын
A while ago they were pitching rings made from the teak, and I was just about to suggest that they have some high(er?)-end teak pens made! @BattleshipNewJersey 😀
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
We have some cool items made put of teak available, plus those awesome rings! For specifics, email education@battleshipnewjersey.org
@tedmiles2110
2 жыл бұрын
In Merchant Ships, like the Balclutha of 1886, we are lucky enough to have some original hard pine and teak that was sheltered by decks above. A shelter deck was added in 1911 which made this survival possible. But the main deck in general has been replaced by the museum/park. The new teak part came from Thailand. It is wonderful material. I am glad to hear that Battleship New Jersey is caring for that teak wood deck! TM
@robedwards9486
2 жыл бұрын
I have a piece of teak from the North Carolina. I found it at a garage sale . It is framed in a very nice glass cover box with a brass tag stating what is it and where it's from.
@Jankapotamus1
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve got a pen made with teak from the HMS Warspite. I’ll definitely try to purchase a piece from New Jersey when I visit in spring!
@kevinstonerock3158
2 жыл бұрын
Since it’s nearly impossible to know all there is about working with wood unless it’s your craft and you work with it on a daily basis there’s a few I’m aware of that will affect the quality of the wood. Not only could it be second generation wood, it’s possible that the original wood was finished with industrial grade jointers and surface planers. They’re built so there’s less tendency to chatter as it cuts the wood. It also depends on the feed rate as well. The faster you try to plane it the more it tends to splinter the surface. It also tends to be more difficult to get a smooth surface on short pieces of wood. The feed rollers doesn’t hold the wood steady because it has a higher tendency to chatter. Along with this in confined spaces sun and wind can’t circulate to help dry the wood underneath equipment and boats since any water rolling down the hull accumulates below it. Something I wonder about concerning your ‘botanical garden’ is since the ship used to be at sea in salt water could it be that salt water might inhibit the type of growth that you’re experiencing. Since salt water will kill a wide range of plant life I wonder if occasionally dousing the deck would rid the ship of certain plant growth. It would be interesting to find out from an expert whether salt water would help seal the surface of the teak and prevent water penetration. Hopefully it’ll add to your knowledge and make it easier to care for her over time.
@justinwilliams7148
2 жыл бұрын
a battleship in the middle of new Jersey in winter has greener grass than my yard. great.
@BlackHawkBallistic
2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always, Ryan's presence in front of the camera was probably the best its ever been!
@VKiera
2 жыл бұрын
I have a piece of the teak from Battleship Texas, I'm pretty sure it's from the 89 repairs. As her old original deck was long gone, I think ripped up in the 60s or 70s and covered in concrete until they put a new teak deck down in the late 80s. My favorite piece I have is a ball bearing from one of her of her 3”/50 AA guns mounts they are restoring currently.
@johnbeauvais3159
2 жыл бұрын
It would be cool to get several of those ball bearings and make a Damascus knife out of them. But I lack skill for that
@mrderen1
2 жыл бұрын
Received my teak and plugs today. Nice smooth tight grain. Must have been a freshly removed piece as the bottom of the piece was still wet. It’s awesome!!! Thanks Ryan!
@mikeklaene4359
2 жыл бұрын
Teak is an amazing wood. After being drafted and finishing training, I was stationed at Ft Story, VA. One of the craft shops for the troop's recreation was a wood working shop. During the summer of 1967 a bunch of WW2 era teak became available from one of the many nearby naval facilities like Norfolk and Little Creek. A couple of guys tried to run some of this teak through our planer and nearly destroyed it. A new set of blades would not last for even one piece of the planks. It was interesting being on a small Army post completely surrounded by Navy and Marines!
@robedwards9486
2 жыл бұрын
Well you know us army guys are always there to protect or fellow service men. It's bad enough when you send them out buy themselves, on land they need supervision.
@MrBlahblahblah42
2 жыл бұрын
I got a piece of teak form the USS North Carolina. Some interesting things they had in the gift shop were pieces of metal from various places in the ship, the hull and armor plate were two if remember correctly. Some pieces were cut to silhouette of the ship. One of my favorites is a coffee mug with the specifications on it( weight, length ,crew etc)
@casey6556
2 жыл бұрын
… I just watched a man talking about specific details of several decades of wood on a ship I've never visited and have no connection to. And I enjoyed it. Is there something wrong with me?
@rachelcarre9468
2 жыл бұрын
Ryan could probably make treading the phone book interesting with in-depth insights and anecdotes combined with his warm personality!
@rachelcarre9468
2 жыл бұрын
Reading*
@shadowski1839
2 жыл бұрын
Nice! My piece is pretty rough underneath. No green at all. Really cool to know its likely pre-80's!
@danielcoburn8635
2 жыл бұрын
I don't have a piece of a battleship, but at one time the car ferry, Chief Wawatam operated in the Straits of Mackinaw. It was a Frank Kirby design with two props in the back, one in the front for breaking ice. While driving along a Michigan road, I saw what I recognized as one of Wawatam's engines. I got out and looked at it and came away with a handful of rust and paint chips from the engine.
@cameronmccreary4758
2 жыл бұрын
I have worked with teak in the past; it is a hard wood somewhat oily. Old growth teak, mahogany, walnut and rosewood is always great to work with. That grass growing wood looks like wood I used to see in Bodie, California ghost town. Nice presentation, Ryan, thank you.
@jdcochran1984
2 жыл бұрын
I have a piece from the leg of the aft tripod mast from the battleship USS Oklahoma that was dredged up from Pearl Harbor about 20 years ago. While visiting the submarine USS Batfish in Muskogee, OK a few years back I noticed they had on display the large leg of the tripod mast, and it was still faintly painted light grey. Pieces were rusting off and falling to the ground underneath it, so I asked if I could have a piece and they didn't care. Being from Oklahoma I consider it to be a high honor to have a piece of the ship.
@georgelincolnrockwell14
2 жыл бұрын
The production values on this channel are getting really good, keep up the good work guys :) the gently falling snow is a nice vibe
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't believe how much money we spent for the snowfall effect.
@georgelincolnrockwell14
2 жыл бұрын
@@BattleshipNewJersey LOL
@DynoDave43
2 жыл бұрын
I ordered two piece of teak last night. Thanks for the video, and the opportunity to own these pieces.
@DeliveryMcGee
2 жыл бұрын
Anybody who bought a surplus Soviet Bloc/Chinese SKS or Mosin-Nagant when they were super cheap just got a PTSD flashback when he said "Cosmoline" :p , the Mosins were been coated with it inside and out to preserve them for an emergency (i.e. WWIII) when they got the SKS, and the SKS same when they got AKs. It's more of a waxy grease than an oil, and hardens over time, is a pain in the butt to remove from the metal, and you basically had to melt it out of the stock (the recommended method here in Texas was to put it on an old towel and leave it on the ledge under your car's back window all summer, IDK what people did up north). And completely remove it you must, because besides feeling all icky as it seeps out of the wood as it heats up from shooting, it clogs up the innards -- if you didn't properly clean a bolt-action Mosin, it just wouldn't work right, an SKS - a semiauto - with some still inside it could go full-auto on you. Fun fact: the BATF doesn't particularly care if your unregistered machine gun is accidental, it's still an illegal machine gun.
@DeliveryMcGee
2 жыл бұрын
The massive glut of imports were early-mid 1990s for SKSs and early-late 2000s for Mosins were $100-$150 per, depending on the factory that made it -- The Russian, Chinese, and one or two of the SSRs' were more nicely finished/had nicer wood than others, and you could pay up to $300 for a Chinese SKS that the dealer had already cleaned up, but at that point (in the you were getting close to the price of a new or slightly used (I can't find the MSRP, but I wanna say $400 in the '90s?) Ruger Mini-14. The whole selling point for both was "fun starter rifle, cheap! And the ammo is HELLA cheap!" And for the SKS, of course, "especially if you were going to save up for a nice new AR or Mini-14 but have to buy SOMETHING before Clinton bans everything." (no commentary there, that's just what the gun market was like at the time, same as it was around the time Obama got elected.) And no, I don't know why the newer gear was exported before the old. Probably just to cash in on the Clinton scare and make a quick buck (or ruble, as it were) after the USSR collapsed, or maybe being newer, people still remembered where they were, whereas the WWII rifles had been stored away for so long nobody remembered where they were. And that has been your Simon-Whistler-style tangent on surplus Soviet rifles in the US.
@paulstan9828
2 жыл бұрын
You do a great job hosting these videos. You can tell that you enjoy what you do. Nice job!
@doctorscience6154
2 жыл бұрын
Loving the snow.
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
That was totally intentional
@matthewblaszyk4405
2 жыл бұрын
I have pieces of teak from New Jersey, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Iowa! A cool item I have from the North Carolina is from its new “Battlestar Collection”. I have a 2x2 inch piece of steel from its hull!
@freedomisntfree_44
2 жыл бұрын
Ryan you better not ever stop doing these videos! Love the info on this and other ww 2 ships, I could literally explore on the New Jersey for months and months and still be asking questions about it 🇺🇸
@dw-bn5ex
2 жыл бұрын
When you get that deck replaced and the lights fixed, the navy will want their boat back.
@ChrsGuit
2 жыл бұрын
My wedding band is a Rustic and Main made out of teak from USS North Carolina. I also recently ordered a piece of teak from Battleship New Jersey, once I found you guys were replacing the decking. After seeing this video, I'm currently heading to check and see if it's ww2 era or not!
@garywayne6083
2 жыл бұрын
I have ring they made from Jersey's deck. So well done!
@ChrsGuit
2 жыл бұрын
@@garywayne6083 Yeah I saw they had started doing those in Ryan's video a while back... I found them randomly when an add for their Springfield rifle rings popped up on Instagram. My wife and I were a few months from getting married, and I hadn't even started looking for a ring for myself. When I was browsing their page, I saw the USS North Carolina ring, and had to have it. We live in East Tennessee, and have visited the USS North Carolina before. Our favorite vacation spot is the Outer Banks, and our very first time going, we visited on a whim because we were wanting to go see USS NC, and had a few extra days vacation to use or lose. We were married in the Outer Banks as well, so it all sorta ties together... In the few years efore the pandemic insanity, we've seen tons of museum ships, but North Carolina has to be one of my favorites, next to USS Yorktown and USS Alabama.
@andrewfletcher5584
2 жыл бұрын
I am trying to collect teak from any ship that I can. I have purchased 6+ pieces of New Jersey, I've even made a ring from one piece that I wear whenever I visit any museum. I have pieces from all Iowa class (would like to find a bigger piece from Wisconsin), North Carolina, Massachusetts, Texas (looks like green treated pine or Douglas Fur), California, and a piece from the flight deck of the Yorktown. Had a friend who was a tour guild on the Missouri when he was in the navy. He managed to get me a original piece of the the teak from her. I even have a piece from Tirpitz. Still on the hunt from some from Alabama. Thanks for the info to date my New Jersey teak
@davelewandoski4292
2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation Ryan, thanks!
@robertbeaty4909
2 жыл бұрын
I have a piece of the teak deck from the USS Dixie AD-14. Everyone who was crew when the old girl turned 40 in April 1980 received a piece.
@rogerwilco2
2 жыл бұрын
It used to snow here every winter. But I haven't seen snow in several years here.
@daviddickerson2288
2 жыл бұрын
When I served on U.S.S. Oklahoma City (CLG5) during Vietnam, they replaced some of the teak during some yard periods. The new pieces were much thicker than the old ones. After they bolted them down to the deck they then sanded them down to be flush with the original ones. Seemed like a lot of wasted wood to me.
@CAPNMAC82
2 жыл бұрын
I have several bits of Texas' wood deck--helping maintain same tends to do that. The indigo dye stain is pretty striking stuff.
@MoparNewport
2 жыл бұрын
I hope you folks are able to eventually sell/ship to Canada and abroad, would love to get a piece of NJ history.
@kainhall
2 жыл бұрын
when the full ship gets redone its going to look unbelievable!! . some of thows pictures were amazing! all ships should have teak decks.... simply for the looks!
@daminox
2 жыл бұрын
I've worked in historic building preservation and restoration and the best way to date unpainted wood (short of laboratory analysis) was to examine the nails. Unfortunately that doesn't really work on a battleship 😄 6:53 And I once had the job of plugging holes in a new floor, just like how they did it on this ship, including aligning the wood grain as you describe in the video. It was tedious but very satisfying because after the plugs are glued and sanded they absolutely disappear if done correctly. I never thought I'd be able to relate to a video about battleship construction lol I just ordered 2 plugs from your website 👍
@joshdively8029
2 жыл бұрын
Replacing that wood looks so fun a guy wishes he could participate
@FappinSteve
2 жыл бұрын
My mans out here in a blizzard to bring us this content.
@michaelcoachtechvp2846
2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on the rust abatement process your using on the deck from tearing up the wood to rust removal and coatings you use to prevent rust again . Then the sealers you use to seal the new teak down . You can do a historically comparison of the old process 1940 1950 1960 1980 1990 and the differences between coatings paints from all those era’s what they are called and what they used . I have Missouri teak on and print and new Jersey teak.
@shanerobinson7128
2 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure the Missouri had all teak replaced in the 80’s. I was just onboard and they said it had Douglas fir under with a thin piece of teak ontop. They’re still working on the deck, I was there when they started in 2011
@DrMacintosh
2 жыл бұрын
I have a piece of the deck from Iowa. Oddly, my piece is beveled. There is the perfectly flat bit which you can tell was the walking surface, but when it was taken out, it must have broken and formed a curve on one side.
@imdoctorsan
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Ryan, I was aboard the NJ 8/7/21 with some of my model ships. I had the teak plank from the North Carolina. It was WW II stock, good 2 inches thick. It came from the main deck, starboard, where it had come up against number two turret barbette. The bottom was black and oily like the cosmoline you spoke of. Were all battleship decks a standard thickness? From your video I am beginning to realise how the thickness began to differ over the years in some spots. That was an informative vid. Thank you.
@taylor7772
2 жыл бұрын
You can buy original decking from the RMS Olympic, sister ship to the RMS Titanic. Might pick up a piece myself.
@FappinSteve
2 жыл бұрын
6:14 You don't know what I do in my free time, Ryan..
@Oberkaptain
2 жыл бұрын
Are you going to preserve the garden? EDIT: Also have you thought about sand blasting the deck once the wood is removed and spray on Line-X prior to place down new wood to prevent future rust?
@grivolas2144
2 жыл бұрын
The difference between old growth wood and new growth wood has to do with how fast the tree is growing. In an old growth forest the tree has a lot of competition, and therefore grows at a slower rate making the tree rings closer together and the wood more dense. When the trees are replanted the forest has been clear so there is no competition from neighboring tree so the new tree can grow a lot faster which makes for a less dense and softer wood.
@izaicslinux6961
2 жыл бұрын
Can competition be artificially created to create old growth wood?
@sc1338
2 жыл бұрын
@@izaicslinux6961 yes
@matthayward7889
2 жыл бұрын
It’s a shame you can’t ship the teak internationally, I’d love to buy some for my dad. Great video as always!
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
We're working on a plan for that. Stay tuned!
@matthayward7889
2 жыл бұрын
@@BattleshipNewJersey that’s awesome! Thank you :)
@teller1290
2 жыл бұрын
Here's a story for you. In first week of 12/06, I finally made it to Pearl Harbor. While doing the whole three-site tour, I was standing near the surrender location on USS Missouri when I noticed a work crew was hard at it just a few yards away from where tour director had stopped. They were taking up teakwood decking and throwing old screws / bolts that had held the planking in place. I asked crew boss if I could have a screw from the deck and I got one. I still have it. I always assumed that thing had been there since '43. I wonder if it really is original?
@tomnewham1269
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting story. So do you know if the area where the surrender happened has the original teak or has it been replaced?
@garywayne6083
2 жыл бұрын
Have piece of your deck. I also have a model of the Cruiser Olympia mounted on an original piece of wood from her navigation bridge they made for a fundraising auction - love this stuff!
@scubasky
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder by how much thickness an original board is vs after years of stoning wore it down. Have you measured a noticeable difference?
@Mariner311
7 ай бұрын
HATED Teak decks on any vessel - they LOOK great, but are a pain to maintain. Brother's sailboat had teak hatch covers and some trim - remember HOURS spent stripping, sanding, washing, oiling, and varnish for the bright-work. As a curiosity, the yacht club's bar was teak from a WWII minesweeper that was being scrapped - members liberated the old decking and applied it to the bar-top - beautiful TIGHT grain.
@thekidfromcleveland3944
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know. I'm excited to find out. Just ordered some
@steveweinberg462
Жыл бұрын
I'm wondering, when you're redecking what is the tradeoff between authenticity of the New Jersey as it was in 1980 vs. practicality? Does 1980s teak get different size plugholes than original? Does fir get replaced with teak or fir?
@xaosflux
2 жыл бұрын
LOL is the Botanical Garden on the tour route? :)
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
Not right now actually. But if you ask we will get you there
@garywayne6083
2 жыл бұрын
@@BattleshipNewJersey I'll be the one lone jerk that asks to see it sometime later this year 🤣
@imchris5000
2 жыл бұрын
are you guys going to have an oiling party for the new deck? it would be a great way to get more community involvement
@haljames624
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@eltri8608
2 жыл бұрын
I'm from France and I just buy a piece to have the chance of buy a piece of American history whatever the period...but the bad thing it's that I have to ship it to a friend who live in America to send me it after because you don't ship it out of the United States.... However thanks you to give us this opportunity.
@ntomenicgiorgo3598
2 жыл бұрын
I freed to think how much Wisconsin's replacement deck cost. We had a 40 footer and that would've been ten grand to replace years ago. Still I'm glad yachts are switching to fake teak these instead of cutting trees down.
@lwnf360
2 жыл бұрын
I have a piece of teak from BB-55 North Carolina, I assume it is WWII vintage based on its condition.
@bartk07
2 жыл бұрын
It would be very interesting to know when exactly and in what circumstances the last fire in the last boiler was extinguished, whether there was any celebration of that very moving moment...
@seldoon_nemar
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a real deck of theseus
@erikturner5073
2 жыл бұрын
Why did wisky (Wisconsin) have to get a new deck? Isn't that the lowest mile and least used Iowa ship? Seeing a Iowa from an elevated view with a nice wood deck is an awesome sight. Count on the government to cut corners, even with military hardware. The poof is in the patch work on the deck.
@imchris5000
2 жыл бұрын
the only thing better than teak would be ipe but then that starts the arguments of historical accuracy but I have personally worked with boards that had been exposed to the elements 80ft in the air as part of a rollercoaster. its an amazing wood but hard to work and its the same price as teak or more depending on the season
@sungkim742
4 күн бұрын
I got a piece. Thanks.
@baronpen
2 жыл бұрын
I don't have any teak from New Jersey, but I do have a piece of oak from HMS Victory, and a pen made of wood from Constitution.
@seatedliberty
2 жыл бұрын
I have a large section of teak from New Jersey but I'm still waiting for you guys to offer a teak challenge coin holder to go with it. I also have teak from Missouri (Missoura) and Iowa but have not been able to source any from Wisconsin- their ship's store is considerably less helpful than yours unfortunately.
@glennpowell3444
2 жыл бұрын
In the UK the price of any timber is sky high let alone hardwoods like teak.I dread to imagine the cost of redecking a ship that size.Pine would have been the cheapest way to do patching work especially on a working ship that was essentially already past its built sell by date I suppose? Also what detergents were used to scrub the decks.If they contained ammonia that can compromise the life of any timber aswell as salt?Becomes dry and brittle.
@lonnyyoung4285
2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever considered using a different wood, like cypress, that is good with water? I don't know how hard it is to get decent teak boards these days.
@stevenjennings197
2 жыл бұрын
Where do you get the wood to replace old/damaged deck?
@straybullitt
2 жыл бұрын
Wood comes from the forest and then goes to a lumber mill for milling. The finished product is usually sourced from a lumber yard.
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
Its Burmese teak
@stevenjennings197
2 жыл бұрын
Does the Navy or state have a set aside forrest like the one for Constitution?
@straybullitt
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think that the navy uses much teak anymore. Certainly not as decking material. The Iowas were possibly the last navy ships to recieve such a extravagance.
@tankman7711
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevenjennings197 I am just 30 minutes away from Crane...its a huge section and has its own Forrester to take care of the live white oak. Enjoyed the shade of some of those trees recently harvested for her refit. It is a beautiful place!
@idcanthony9286
2 жыл бұрын
Just saying I would buy a souvenir that says “Battleship New Jersey Botanical Garden”. I cannot be the old one.
@warjunky14
2 жыл бұрын
It's fun seeing this having personally worked on the Missouri deck restoration crew. We found some that had a wool-like material between the planks as well, but only where we also found the black grease. Any insight on this material?
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
Probably Oakum.
@GregoryVeizades
2 жыл бұрын
@@BattleshipNewJersey its actually more than likely cotton and oakum.
@scottpenland3576
2 жыл бұрын
There were some stories in 80's All Hands magazine that Navy put out and it covered bringing battleships back and had coverage on the deck restorations back then. Perhaps the information would be in some of those articles and could be pulled from the CHINFO archives.
@chrisresnikoff1741
2 жыл бұрын
16:33 A man of culture!
@jpotter2086
2 жыл бұрын
Sell the fir as mulch / planting material :D
@aland7236
2 жыл бұрын
The botanical gardens comment had me rolling haha! Laminated teak and fir wood decks huh? So the US Navy was cutting important corners as early as the 1980s then hmm.
@phurst4793
2 жыл бұрын
I have a color picture of the HMS Ark Royal that I bought when the aircraft carrier visited Port Everglades in 1976. It's too bad the Royal Navy decommissioned the ship right before the Falklands War.
@richardbest5385
2 жыл бұрын
What battleship was used for scenes for the movie under siege. Just wondering
@pukalo
2 жыл бұрын
Was any asbestos used aboard New Jersey or any of the Iowa-class ships, and if so is there any still aboard?
@vixenraider1307
2 жыл бұрын
The fire that happened on Wisconsin in mothballs is why her deck was replaced I believe
@timmangosphotography
2 жыл бұрын
What is your process for rust removal and treatment before laying your new deck now?
@BattleshipNewJersey
2 жыл бұрын
Heavy machinery and paint
@barklet6110
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a video showcasing it
@JourneysADRIFT
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, now I can finally date my wood.
@MrJeep75
2 жыл бұрын
I have a piece from the oregon somewhere
@jacob105nine
2 жыл бұрын
Was looking on the store do you ship outside of the states?
@christiantroy3034
2 жыл бұрын
What do you do for plank owners?
@airborneace
2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about the anti ship missile the Iraqis fired at Missouri? It's covered in detail at the blog WWII After WWII.
@JohnFarrell-jo2sw
4 ай бұрын
That stuff you’re ripping up even the rotted shit is better than what’s left of the decking on the battleship Massachusetts
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