I was surprised by how good the boiler rooms look considering they spent 20 years flooded. Considering the damage that sea water can do, she actually held up remarkably well.

As I was watching this, it occurred to me that my Father in law, who worked engine and boiler rooms in the Merchant Marine, back in the 30s, would have dearly loved to see, what would have been, old fashioned engineering back then and see what had changed and what hadn't. It's sad he didn't live to have You Tube. I found it all fascinating, such genius without a computer in sight.

My father worked in the Texas boiler room during WW 2.  He left us in 2002.

Your knowledge of this ship never fails to amaze me! Thanks again!

I can imagine a lot of training would be needed to learn  it all. The Cheif Engineer would certainly have to had years of knowledge!
I'm blown away by how complicated it looks even designing it on the drawing board let alone operating it! Great video and also explains to me why she looks rusty. A shame she got flooded but glad to see her preserved.

I always tried to avoid engineering on the New Jersey. I qualified as an EOOW and was Chief Engineer on a minesweeper. One tour as an engineer was enough for me. Great job as always Tom. Thanks!

At full speed we’d burn 60 gallons a minute per boiler aboard the USS Pensacola 2 600 psi modified D type boilers

Thanks so much for doing this. As an old machinist mate this sort of thing is a joy to watch.

Thank you very much.  Always wanted to see what it looked like down below.  Seeing the rooms and their equipment in their current state is truly appreciated.

As a Stationary Steam Engineer, it kills me to see the Boiler Room in that shape. But considering what it has been through it could be worse. I wish I lived nearby. I would want to put together a crew of SSEs and dig into that and put it back as it should be.

Great video as always. Keep up the great work sir.

I now have a better understanding of a   lot of first hand accounts of historical written books of what happens in a engine room during battles during both wars. Thank You TOM!!

Thank you again!  I would love to have you as a guide on a tour of the engineering spaces after the Texas has been through dry dock.  You really know how to make a complex topic understandable.

Very informative. I imagine a fair amount of wire brushing and sanding required to get that room cleaned up.
Thanks very much for the great video,  Tom.

All the stages of fuel preheating, even going back to the bunker tanks, helps me understand why it took as much as 10 hours to "raise steam" for engine power.

a nice spray down with a little light oil would do that steel some good

Hi Tom, it must have been quite an art starting the boilers up from cold with the diesel oil. I've been in a factory that made oil burners for very large merchant  ships boilers and at full pelt they really throw out some heat, like a gigantic blow lamp.. The ones I saw on test used a spinning bronze cone to vaporise the really thick crude oil they were fed with - even still had sand in it. The expensive cones wore out and had to be replaced as a result. BobUK.

Another great video showing the engineering marvels of this beutiful ship.

Another awesome video. It’s interesting to me how much open space there is in those boiler rooms. A byproduct I suspect of her conversion from coal to oil fired. The newer machinery was almost certainly much more compact.

I’d love to see a video that reviews the armor layout of this ship. Since she wasn’t an “all or nothing” ship I suspect it’s considerably more varied and complex than later ships.

Good lord. I sincerely wish she could still steam and maneuver. Such a shame she's not kept in ready condition. Not for war, mind you but just so she can sail on her own power. Imagine the people that would love to actually sail on Texas.

It’s amazing to me that the FDBs are so small  for a battle ship