This is the BEST place down in San Diego to visit. It is not about the ship alone. It shows us how our navy sailors lived through war and peace. The USS Midway is like a magnet to people you are drawn to it. And it can really get crowded😂
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
The Midway is a marvel. We didn't expect to experience a city onboard. The best part for us was getting to hear the stories of those that lived aboard and reading some of the letters that were pinned to the board next to the Post Office. We were able to take some pictures from the recipe books they had that we want to try out, too.
@ulrichlaurer-ze5py
Ай бұрын
Sehr gutes Video, ich war selbst 2008 auf der USS Midway, als ich mehrere Wochen in San Diego beruflich zu tun hatte. Es hat sich kaum was verändert 👍👍👍👍
@Pappy-r8z
7 ай бұрын
This is My girl. Best damned carrier to sail the seas. Thank you for this.
@royalshenanigansusa
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@danielcostello4041
Жыл бұрын
Nicely done. My home for two years. 1979 to 1981.
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@boogeen1
Жыл бұрын
Nice job with the camera work and the quality is excellent. I know it takes a lot of patience to capture an entire tour like that. In full screen mode, I felt like I was there. Actually, I was there the summer of '21 and can't wait to return. The volunteers do a great job.
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! The volunteers were wonderful!
@kevinduncan7219
Жыл бұрын
I have visited the Midway several times and will probably visit it several more times. Always a pleasurable experience with knowledgeable folks on board to answer your questions.
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Our son has already asked us to plan another trip out there. We live on the East Coast so it will be a while before that happens. The Midway volunteers were wonderful! We spent over an hour in the CIC with his asking a couple dozen questions and they answered every single one for him with patience and enthusiasm.
@kevinduncan7219
Жыл бұрын
@Royal Shenanigans if you haven't been, you might want to try visiting the USS Alabama at Memorial Park. The park is a combination Air Museum, along with the Alabama and the "Drum", a WWII Diesel electric submarine.
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the recommendation - we'll add it to our list!
@John-zh9xs
Жыл бұрын
Boiler tech. On Midway 1979 to 1981. Hard work lots of time at sea.JohnMcVeagh
@ehbrownj
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video of my old home The USS Midway, I served aboard her as a Boiler Technician (BT) from 1985-88 in Yokosuka, Japan-- in the Seventh Fleet. & I had a lot of fond memories aboard her. Going to port-of-call places like "Subic Bay" the Philippines, "Pattaya Beach" Thailand, "Busan" South Korea, "Sydney" Australia, and "Sasebo" Japan...And now she is back here in San Diego CA Midway Magic For Life..
@TPaine1776
Жыл бұрын
I need to see her again. Was there from 1982-85 and miss her.
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@BALOYBEACHBUM
Жыл бұрын
Being a Cruiser Sailor the Air Craft Carriers are always impressive both in side and out! Good to see her find a home I was on a Cruiser out of SD for 4 years and SD is a sweet spot!Thanks, it brought back alot of memories after being retired 28 years!
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@BALOYBEACHBUM
Жыл бұрын
@@royalshenanigansusa THANK YOU!
@lenmatthies9626
2 ай бұрын
Was on the Midway from August 73 to July 75. I’ve visited once. Would love to go back.
@royalshenanigansusa
Ай бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@Vafees1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video......I served on the ole girl from 1975-1977 3rd division Deck Dept.......One of these days I hope to visit her again.......Many memories on her.........
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@Vafees1
Жыл бұрын
@@royalshenanigansusa and thank you for yours!
@johnmagill7714
Жыл бұрын
Was TAD to her during desert storm. Seeing CIC really brought back memories. Spent many hours in that space.
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@Rhaumar
Жыл бұрын
When I get a chance, I want to get back onboard the Midway. She was my first duty station. I was assigned to E-Division and my regular shop was Electrical Tool issue as well as Aft Galley Gear shop. My regular watch station was Switchboard 3 and Electrical Trouble Call. I remember how to get around to most of the places that you cannot get on this tour. :)
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service! Our son was very curious about what was in the places that were blocked off onboard...and why they were blocked off.😊
@rodrigothomasirauchbach6928
2 ай бұрын
I LIKE YOUR VIDEO. FROM BRAZIL NICE VIDEO
@royalshenanigansusa
2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@jaybee9269
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful job!
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@RobertWhite-vk9vp
4 ай бұрын
Was on the Midway from 1957 until 1959. USMC Brig Turn Key.
@royalshenanigansusa
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@textures-backgrounds-store
Жыл бұрын
Great ship!
@robertthewrench8350
4 ай бұрын
My home 74/75 was on board during operation frequent wind the fall of Saigon.
@royalshenanigansusa
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@davido1953
Жыл бұрын
thanks man, you just saved me $26!
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
😂
@damrgee8279
Жыл бұрын
Why is radar activated?
@royalshenanigansusa
Жыл бұрын
One of the volunteers in the CIC explained radar was activated to provide an authentic experience and help visitors see how air and surface detections were made in tandem (he was explaining this to our 12 year old so may have simplified a bit). He also pointed out that Naval Base Coronado was located across the bay with several aircraft carriers and squadrons home porting from there and pointed out proximity to the Mexican border on one of the stations my son sat at.
@killtroy811
3 ай бұрын
My dad served on this carrier.
@royalshenanigansusa
2 ай бұрын
Many thanks to him and your family for his service!
@johnbenet5394
10 ай бұрын
I was on an Essex class carrier and it was the most miserable time in my life
@royalshenanigansusa
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@lorenzomaximo1818
5 ай бұрын
I was too. USS Oriskany. 71-74. It did suck compared to the other carriers I visited. Had some friends on the Midway and I went aboard to hook up with them to go into Olongapo PI.
@rogermurray5582
Жыл бұрын
My Former School 🏫 principal Mr.Homman Son Serve U.S.S.MIDWAY First Iraqi War MIDWAY Famous Fall of Saigon 1975
@oldfarmer4700
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see the midway as a museum that so many thousand that served and worked on for years that can visit. Originally she didn’t have a angle deck and was not classified as a super carrier it would be nice to have one as a museum to which there is only one available. Nuclear powered carriers will never be available and all other have been scrapped and the America was scuttled years ago in a classified location way to deep to dive on. Only one has the ability to become a museum that is waiting to be towed to Brownsville tx to come under the butchers torch and become car parts and razor blades someday. The money our government wastes billions of dollars a year for some of the dumbest things and could save the one last chance to save this mighty ship for a museum. This countries only chance to have a true super carrier so folks could visit and see what thousands lived, served on and called home. Save the CV67 Kennedy before it’s to late.
@TPaine1776
Жыл бұрын
She was the biggest ship on the planet for her first 10 years. How is that not a super carrier?
@jaybee9269
Жыл бұрын
@@TPaine1776>> She’s the closest thing to a supercarrier museum. She’s not nearly as big as CV-67 though. Sad there’ll be no true supercarrier museum.
@ehbrownj
Жыл бұрын
I have serve aboard three aircraft carriers in my twenty years career in the Navy. I served aboard the USS Midway CV-41, USS RANGER CVA-61, and the USS KittyHawk CVA-63, and the Midway was the most liked aircraft carrier that most sailors has loved serving aboard, and she was also highly loved & respected by a lot of international countries that she'd visited. I was a Boiler Tech aboard all three carriers; on the Midway you will learn engineering the hard but the right way with her 12 Babcock & Wilcox 600 psi boilers. The Midway was commissioned back in September 10, 1945 eight days after Japan signing the surrender of WW2 aboard the USS Missouri in Yokosuka Japan. And she might not have been classified as a Super Carrier, but she was a Super Magical Aircraft Carrier that had a thicker hull size than most of the newer class carriers..And it will take you approximately two weeks of touring, just to see the whole entire ship of the USS Midway..But please take a visit to her when you are in the San Diego area, and you won't be disappointed.
@jaybee9269
Жыл бұрын
@@ehbrownj>> Thank you for your service! I’ve been to the USS Midway museum and it’s amazing! They do a beautiful job. The Midway class was actually built with an armored flight deck (a la the Royal Navy), right?
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