Isn't the teak deck amazing? If the teak is still there. You know they use teak because it isn't slippery when wet.

@@garymartin9777 yes, and when you get to the stern, I always think you could play tennis or basketball back there. The size of the ship is not as readily apparent until you get to the stern and can appreciate the lol acreage.

How true!

There’s 4 more battleships preserved. Texas Alabama North Carolina and Massachusetts

Those are just the 4 Iowa class.

It also helps that she's in fresh water, as many ships preserved in the Great Lakes can attest (the zebra mussels, though...ugh!)

You shoud see the ones for ocean service, like the ones used to tow offshore drilling rigs around. Those are big 'uns.

not surprising they get big considering there are cargo ships multiple times heavier then the largest super carriers that may occasionally need assistance from tug boats

P.S., my father was a WWII Navy man.

A fresh coat of paint and you'd look great too!

Pretty much obsolete these days. The only thing that they are good for is fighting alien space ships trying to take us over.

Yes, they're going to paint the above water sections there.

The navy will not allow the ship to be moved under its own power…

@@GlennBalent-nq7rh I didn't think the Navy owns the USS New Jersey anymore

Done that. Now what?

Of course it is the Russians basically stole that thing from Ukraine when it was still fitting out with no shipyards or plans on how to maintain it long term without Ukraine.

Nope, none has been produced for decades.

you can get anything from China !

doubt it pretty sure the spare barrels have been cut up, sold of or been left exposed to the elements without those the ships existing barrels are probably only good for firing a few hundred shots each at best assuming there's still ammunition stockpiled that hasn't degraded...... That won't really be worth the cost of reactivating the thing and essentially training up an entire new crew to operate an 80 year old vessel. it'd also be a massive pr win for an enemy force if they somehow succeed in sinking one of America's battleships.

no bro !

Wrong ship!

big not Black Dragon. Mighty No is the Missouri

Big J

I am a navy vet, I lean left, and respect our military. No need to politicize everything.

@@mollybell5779 But your not even in the middle . That says a lot .

Cause they legally can't as part of their agreement with the Navy. Plus it's been 30+ years since the engines were last used and wouldn't work without replacing stuff anyway.

what do you mean?

That battleship is probably the highlight and the best thing in the whole town

It take a lot of time to light off the boilers and bring the battleship under full steam. As Ryan has often said, keeping the engines in a mothballed state of preservation is better for the ship.

@@andrewe4277 Better for the ship an safer for the rest of us lest a fool try to fire up the boilers and take her for spin.

PS tell the Skivie Waver to Tighten up them Flags....... They are Touching the Deck