Wow, great episode! What an interesting perspective from the top of the periscope! I also didn't realize that it extended so far down into the submarine. 😮 Great video, guys!👍
@lindanadaud9698
8 сағат бұрын
Thank you for the video. My husband served on USS Pomodon (SS486) from 1967 thru 1968.
@mrkeiths48
9 сағат бұрын
Super cool that you have people able to maintain the equipment on Cod. Someday I plan on getting to Cleveland so that I can visit this beautiful boat. A bonus would be to meet Paul, Evan and the rest of the museum curators.
@paulfarace9595
9 сағат бұрын
We're here most days. Looking forward to meeting you!
@andrewd.1113
8 сағат бұрын
Paul, thanks for another great video. It pleases me to see a piece of America's history so well maintained! You should be SO PROUD of your crew!
@paulfarace9595
5 сағат бұрын
I CERTAINLY AM PROUD OF OUR CREW!❤
@BB12659
9 сағат бұрын
Thought we'd have the 'pink' periscope in this one. What I've always found interesting is that the fleet subs had two, an attack scope and an optical scope. The maintenance involved was fascinating as well. All operations required attention as men's lives were dependent upon these scopes to keep them alive. Thanks, Paul, and crew!
@paulfarace9595
9 сағат бұрын
Pink periscopes... a different topic!😅
@BB12659
9 сағат бұрын
@@paulfarace9595 Hear ya! Thanks, Paul!
@robertcunningham1542
9 сағат бұрын
With Cod having a "pink" periscope, does this mean that Cod was the initial basis for the old movie "The wackiest ship in the Navy"?
@daler1584
8 сағат бұрын
@@robertcunningham1542 There were no submarines in the movie "The Wackiest Ship in the Army". The movie you are thinking of is "Operation Petticoat". Both good WW2 comedy movies.
@danquigg8311
8 сағат бұрын
Both periscopes were optical.
@matthewgeis122
10 сағат бұрын
👍🇺🇸 USN forever!
@Thomas-j2f
7 сағат бұрын
what a beautiful boat!
@stevewindisch7400
9 сағат бұрын
Very cool. Those potential movie opportunities sound great! I always loved submarine films they have suspense and tension, drama, and lots of action. Boy I hope I'm wrong but Paul looked to be in pain there, we all hope you are well and it was just Evan's cooking.
@paulfarace9595
8 сағат бұрын
A air travel headcold... 😢 I'm felling better ... (bring out yer deeead .... bring out yer dead! -- Monty python reference 😅😅😅
@tankman7711
8 сағат бұрын
@@paulfarace9595LMAO!!! ' I am not dead!' ' He says he's not dead....regulations you know. ' Some awesome quotes from that movie!
@spaceghostohio7989
7 сағат бұрын
Doing the makers work ! Keep it going USS Cod !!!
@jabadabadu7089
2 сағат бұрын
I'm from Slovenia and we don't have this kind of things here. I am absolutely amazed how tall periscope is. Actually the whole thing is gigantic. I thought that submarines were smaller, but I was very wrong 😄 Great video and thank you!
@johnbeauvais3159
8 сағат бұрын
In “Dust on the Sea”, Beach writes about wanting to tie a man to the periscope upside down and lower the scope until he was stuck in the well too, seems like this was purely fantasy judging from the size of the scope openings. Wonderful video, love seeing systems still operational after all these years
@52Ford
6 сағат бұрын
I've heard people were smaller back then...
@paulfarace9595
5 сағат бұрын
Returned to working in 1996.
@moplum
3 сағат бұрын
Little periscope history for you. I knew the inventor of the WWII periscope scales inside the view. His name was Mr Limon Nicholes. His last residence was Fort Collins CO. He passed way in 1982.
@stevea9604
5 сағат бұрын
Periscopes are water lubricated…They get tight when dry…Try using running water on it 👍🏻🤩
@darrelflint5436
4 сағат бұрын
Those periscopes have grease lines to keep them lubricated on the outside and to make a seal around them to keep water from leaking around them.
@NoewerrATall
5 сағат бұрын
What a great video! The periscopes are HUGE! 😮
@Orxenhorf
4 сағат бұрын
Heard you had a Keith Rucker visit. Looking forward to seeing that.
@retireeelectronics2649
7 сағат бұрын
You should list all the movies the Cod has been used in, that would be cool.
@paulfarace9595
5 сағат бұрын
And not long... mostly documentaries but one small budget film from 2022, "Operation Seawolf."
@retireeelectronics2649
5 сағат бұрын
@@paulfarace9595 Hopefully the museum got good coin and promotion by the film company.
@TX-biker
8 сағат бұрын
Does the Periscope descend PAST the conning tower? If so, could you show us where the shafts are that contain them🤠 I’ve never even considered this question until this episode 💁🏽♂️
@paulfarace9595
5 сағат бұрын
In a future episode. They sit waaay down on the keel.
@crazyguy32100
9 сағат бұрын
The fleet boat staff always seem to go the extra mile for interpretation. Cod, Bowfin, Cobia, etc. Not enough to make it looks like the crew just walked off, you want the diesels runnable, the periscopes free and the coffee ready for if they do.
@daler1584
8 сағат бұрын
When these types of subs were ruling the seas did the salt water help lubricate the periscopes or did the periscopes need to be cleaned more often. What is the highest that a periscope can travel. Or at what depth can you still see out of the thing? Are the periscopes only assessable from the conning tower? Who on the Boat was authorized to look out of the periscope when on mission? Another great video!!
@paulfarace9595
8 сағат бұрын
In no particular order: no water didn't offer lubrication Use of the scope on a war patrol was at the invitation of the captain. A high periscope lookout could spot targets before lookouts. Use of periscopes was pointless below periscope depth which depending upon model of s ope was between 62 and 65 feet (from the keel). A can of alcohol and a box of cotton wadding was used to clean the cover glass on the scope head. Early classes of fleet subs allowed scope Use from both the control room and conning tower, but by the time Cod was built they were inky viewable from the conning tower.
@daler1584
8 сағат бұрын
@@paulfarace9595 Thanks Paul!!!
@reedvending2384
6 сағат бұрын
lookin good guys! Best looking sub in cleveland!
@paulfarace9595
5 сағат бұрын
Oh that's quite a compliment 😅
@P61guy61
4 сағат бұрын
Thank you for posting.
@Subpac_ww2
Сағат бұрын
Oops! I forgot to send Evan the footage I took while sitting at the ticket booth of this 🤭🤭 sorry guys! BZ to the Cod crew you guys do wonderful work.
@richardjohnson4365
7 сағат бұрын
Just a question, how does the periscope seal to not leak when submerged? Great video, thanks for the information and video!
@paulfarace9595
5 сағат бұрын
Multiple sections of Chevron packings... and they still leaked a bit.
@darrelflint5436
4 сағат бұрын
@@paulfarace9595lots of grease.
@stephenlebold9126
8 сағат бұрын
That was cool !! Now we need someone to climb out on the anchor and make a video.
@philipcollura2669
4 сағат бұрын
Thanks!
@johnslaughter5475
8 сағат бұрын
Really cool. Good to see the guys wearing safety harnesses. Why can't people look through the periscopes? That would be a highlight of a tour. I remember reading about the packing glands being broken and causing the periscopes to leak. What are the packing glands and can you point them out? What would crew have to do to fix this while still under attack? Thanks. 🫡
@garywayne6083
6 сағат бұрын
If its anything like the Becuna's tower, getting up and down the ladder isn't the easiest or safest thing, plus its a really small space to let people go into on their own
@paulfarace9595
5 сағат бұрын
We have a scope in a tower on the land.
@NoewerrATall
5 сағат бұрын
People break things.
@michealfeeney8920
4 сағат бұрын
Not surprising the scope on shore is so popular. I recall often waiting in line for a turn at the periscope (no idea of if it was a navy model of ANY type or not) at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. @ 3:00 ... We are looking at the search scope retracted into its well while the attack scope is all the way up? or am I wrong? @ 4:15 Holy poop was there a lot of work in keeping the scopes working in wartime? Of course TV and movies never cover THAT part!
@bigsarge2085
6 сағат бұрын
⚓️
@tankman7711
8 сағат бұрын
What type of lubrication was used on the scopes to defend against salt water corrosion?
@paulfarace9595
5 сағат бұрын
Not sure in WWII.
@tankman7711
4 сағат бұрын
@@paulfarace9595 That's ok, thank you for replying to the question,! Gives me something to research !
@ricrobinson9965
9 сағат бұрын
Two? Is one a snorkel for the engines?
@paulfarace9595
8 сағат бұрын
Helllllll noooo. One is a radar - optical night scope and the taller one is the attack scope (just optical).
@paulfarace9595
8 сағат бұрын
You might run a lawn mower engine on the air you could suck down a periscope tube... certainly not a submarine diesel. 😅
@spades1080
9 сағат бұрын
Please explain why we don’t have access to the tower on Cod. No problem with this, I just think it need an explanation.
@nyandyn
9 сағат бұрын
My guess is that ladders are always a liability in public spaces
@randyshanks9176
9 сағат бұрын
My guess it’s a safety issue going up ladders. I’ve been on 3 of them and I think I remember Drum was accessible. I didn’t make it up in because it was full of noisy little kids and the Alabama heat was getting too much for me.
@paulfarace9595
8 сағат бұрын
For both the reasons mentioned previously by our viewers AND because the scopes are so delicate (field repairs were available in the 1990s and quoted to be $100K! We don't have staffing to have someone watchdogging and climbing the ladder up and down DOUBLES the likelihood of a ladder fall. Our insurance had jumped in 10 years by 300%!
@J-1410
6 сағат бұрын
@@paulfarace9595 So, what is broken on them that needs repairs?
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