The really great part is you don't have to worry about losing the keys to your Submarine, but next time Libby and Ryan visit, keep an eye on Libby, I've heard she's collecting warships.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
@eherrmann01
10 ай бұрын
When I worked at Avondale Shipyards back in the 90's, I was occasionally tasked with making propeller keys for ships that went into drydock. These "keys" were really more like giant closed-end wrenches, with an outside diameter of around 48" and made out of 3-4" thick steel.
@NoewerrATall
10 ай бұрын
Turns out warships have keys after all! Not exactly gonna fit in a pocket, though.
@dw3897
10 ай бұрын
Ya, we used to send the _NG's (___ new guys) up to the bridge to ask for the key to the main engines.
@dw3897
10 ай бұрын
In the mid '70's I was stationed aboard the USS Coronado LPD11 as a MM2 in the aft engineroom. Our propeller key was bolted the bulkhead in the engineroom, it was about six feet long and who knows how much it weighed. Our prop shafts were something like 14-16 inchs in diameter and the props themselves were 13.5 feet in diameter. Glad we never had to hike that key up seven decks and use it!
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story!
@avgjoeavglife
10 ай бұрын
You never know what you'll find on/in a submarine.
@SOU6900
10 ай бұрын
Since she was mothballed without her props, I'm going to assume they're gone for good.
@russojap1864
10 ай бұрын
Very interesting!
@klsc8510
10 ай бұрын
Nice find. When I go back to USS Silversides, I'll have to ask them where their key is?
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
They sent us a picture of their key. It's up near the forward escape trunk.
@randyogburn2498
10 ай бұрын
Why did each sub carry it's own key? Were they unique to individual boats? What about other vessels, like ... battleships?
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
Because the keys varied by construction yard. One for each ship and keep them aboard. Big props equal bigger keys 🔑
@markwatson3135
10 ай бұрын
Ships carry their prop keys in case they damage a prop somewhere and have to go into a yard other than their own. I think battleship New Jersey still has hers.
@janjones4536
10 ай бұрын
o Paul watch urself leaning against those lifelines--dont want u being taken away by the "Gales of November" and into the water-yikes!!!-its cold!!!
@1320fastback
10 ай бұрын
That's definitely where it goes! Is their only one Key or is their another mount on the starboard side?
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
Only one to our experience.
@crazyguy32100
10 ай бұрын
The old boat is still full of surprises.
@JacobT-1
10 ай бұрын
Thank you, crew, for making and uploading this video to share this neat discovery!
@bluerebel01
10 ай бұрын
Great find, thanks for sharing.
@Biker_Gremling
10 ай бұрын
If you pay attention to the rust pattern on the bulkhead, it does have some resemblance to the shape of the key.
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
I'll have to check that out! 😮
@guidor.4161
10 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@BB12659
10 ай бұрын
I thought Mr. Jing-a-Ling had the magic keys, he's got nothing on the Cod. Great find!
@bigsarge2085
10 ай бұрын
So cool!
@mrj9903
10 ай бұрын
Very cool. I love seeing these videos. Keep up the great work
@timvarner1
10 ай бұрын
I always love your videos but this one was very confusing. What is the “key” used for? Sorry if I missed something but I don’t understand what this was about. That said, I always look forward to your videos. Maybe a few graphics or extra historical footage would help explain some of this mote technical (and very interesting materail)
@unexpectedcaveman6573
10 ай бұрын
It's used to undo the conical end of the propshaft so you can slide the propeller off.
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
I'd love to do a demonstration but the wrench or key is too big to lift and we're not in a drydock.
@timvarner1
10 ай бұрын
Thanks! I just missed the whole propeller thing :) love your videos!
@timvarner1
10 ай бұрын
I just rewatched the video. I must have been half asleep when watching it the first time. It’s super clear the second time!!!
@stoehrcov
10 ай бұрын
Years ago, during a car race at Burke. I visited the Cod. Great people and outstanding things to see. Being from Chicago, been on the U-505 about 10 times. It's indoors now. I had to do stairs (correct, was in the Army) and small hatches on the Cod. The U-505, no. Guess the Germans had it easy!
@nx014
10 ай бұрын
Is the jacket that Pete has on - available for sale on the COD’s online ship store
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
Sorry only for crew members!
@nx014
10 ай бұрын
Ok@@paulfarace9595
@johnnyliminal8032
10 ай бұрын
The “key” looks like it is intended as a sort of hammer wrench. Or maybe it was actuated by giant snipe. I don’t see deformations suggesting either. The three engagement lugs, and the general shape, don’t seem very robust for a ~nut of that size. I guess the ~nut would be designed to seal in grease, and less needed torque would be expected. In my experience on oilfield exploration drilling rigs, hammer wrenches were used to break out bigger nuts like on the BOPs (blowout preventers, the single biggest lump on site). Flange joints with maybe 2 inch diameter studs. The biggest make and breaks were upstairs on the drilling floor, for the drill string. The levers there were the “tongs”, similar in size to this key, but much more heavy duty. I was never a Driller (crew chief) so I never learned the actual torque numbers.
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
It is a hammer wrench... but for quick reference it's commonly called the key.
@JoshuaTootell
10 ай бұрын
He says in the video how it was used
@joemosher8206
10 ай бұрын
Great Video, thanks for posting
@ArcticBlues1
Ай бұрын
Yet again... You are doing a really fantastic job of takin care of the old girl. I am very proud and thankful for the attention to detail that you are putting into this ship. Thank you!
@stoehrcov
10 ай бұрын
Years ago, during a car race at Burke. I visited the Cod. Great people and outstanding things to see. Being from Chicago, been on the U-505 about 10 times. It's indoors now. I had to do stairs (correct, was in the Army) and small hatches on the Cod. The U-505, no. Guess the Germans had it easy!
@bobd5197
10 ай бұрын
My understanding is that, due to a treaty with Canada, any ex-warships on the Great Lakes have to be rendered inoperable, and they are considered to be inoperable if the propellers are removed. Is this correct?
@USSCod
10 ай бұрын
We will do a video about this very topic. Short answer is no, this is not true.
@banedonrunestar5618
10 ай бұрын
What’s not true, that ex-warships don’t have to be inoperable, or that removing the boat’s/ship’s screws would be considered “inoperable”? Though now that I think about it, if there was a treaty requiring unarmed ships, that might make US Coast Guard vessels non-compliant. Which would seem to be both daft and potentially dangerous to deal with lawbreakers.
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
Both are not true. Props were removed to prevent corrosion. Deck guns remained aboard. Cod arrived in Cleveland in 1959 without guns because they were noonger bei g used on subs. Our Cleveland predecessor sub, USS Gar arrived in town in 1947 with all her guns. Good reasoning regarding USCG ships .
@clarencesmith2305
10 ай бұрын
Just from the video it looks to me that the bolt isn't long enough to thread more than a thread or two into the holder when the KEY is in it's home.
@robertpoore7604
10 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing.
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
It's not long enough to allow the wrench or key to dangle. But when torqued down will grip enough threads to securely hold the tool to the bulkhead.
@banedonrunestar5618
10 ай бұрын
Just make sure that when you torque it down it doesn’t rust into place. You may not get back to it for a few years and if it’s one solid rusty block the only way to move it would risk or require damaging the sub. That would be bad.
@clarencesmith2305
10 ай бұрын
I'm just saying from my point of view it doesn't look long enough to bolt/hold anything down. Coming from an automotive point of view. @@paulfarace9595
@clarencesmith2305
10 ай бұрын
LOL that's what neversease is for, just paint enough of that silver stuff on it and nothing will stick LOL. @@banedonrunestar5618
@ravenbarsrepairs5594
8 ай бұрын
Is it likely that as the boat was mothballed, knowing that when the ship was drydocked the last time, they knew the props were never going back on, and hence just tossed the prop key back down under deck rather than mounting it in it's proper place?
@MrJeep75
9 ай бұрын
Put some antiseeze on that bolt
@AugustusTitus
10 ай бұрын
Congrats!
@burroaks7
10 ай бұрын
very cool
@gunsaway1
10 ай бұрын
Would that key bang around and create noise
@paulfarace9595
10 ай бұрын
Not when bolted down. Remember these boats weren't doing the angles and dangles of their nuclear successors
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