The Machines That Built USS Arizona (1914-1916)
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It's the 16th of March, 1914, in Brooklyn, and a young Assistant Secretary of the Navy named Franklin Roosevelt is watching the first steel of a battleship go down onto the keel blocks. 27 years later, he would ask Congress for war over her wreck.
This documentary follows how the battleship USS Arizona was actually built at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn between 1914 and 1916, the 31 months of shipbuilding that came before the 9 minutes at Pearl Harbor most videos cover. She was a $16 million super-dreadnought, 608 feet long and 29,158 tons, laid down at the government's own yard on the 16th of March, 1914, launched on the 19th of June, 1915, and commissioned on the 17th of October, 1916.
We cover the 3 gambles the Navy built into one hull: an all-oil powerplant of 12 Babcock and Wilcox boilers and 4 Parsons turbines, chosen because oil made 55% more steam per pound than coal; her 12 14-inch guns carried 3 to a turret in the triple-turret mounting the Navy had only authorized in 1911, with the center barrel fired a fraction of a second late so the shells would not collide in flight; and the all or nothing armor scheme that poured every saved ton into a 13.5-inch Krupp belt and 18-inch turret faces while leaving the ends of the ship bare. We also cover the strangest christening in the Navy's history, when a dry Arizona sent her ship to sea with 2 bottles, one of champagne and one of the first water over the Roosevelt Dam spillway, and the turbine that failed on her first cruise out of New York on the 7th of December, 1916, exactly 25 years to the day before the attack.
#USSArizona #Battleship #PearlHarbor #ShipbuildingHistory #NavalHistory #Dreadnought #BrooklynNavyYard #Shipyard
Sources: Wikipedia, USS Arizona (BB-39) and Pennsylvania-class battleship; Naval History and Heritage Command, USS Arizona (BB-39); Sharlot Hall Museum Archives, The USS Arizona and the Prescott Connection; contemporary coverage of the 19 June 1915 launch (New York Navy Yard).
This video is for educational and historical documentation purposes. All footage is used under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for commentary, criticism, and education.
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The Machines That Built USS Arizona (1914-1916)
Built This Way
1,444 views
It's the 16th of March, 1914, in Brooklyn, and a young Assistant Secretary of the Navy named Franklin Roosevelt is watching the first steel of a battleship go down onto the keel blocks. 27 years later, he would ask Congress for war over her wreck.
This documentary follows how the battleship USS Arizona was actually built at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn between 1914 and 1916, the 31 months of shipbuilding that came before the 9 minutes at Pearl Harbor most videos cover. She was a $16 million super-dreadnought, 608 feet long and 29,158 tons, laid down at the government's own yard on the 16th of March, 1914, launched on the 19th of June, 1915, and commissioned on the 17th of October, 1916.
We cover the 3 gambles the Navy built into one hull: an all-oil powerplant of 12 Babcock and Wilcox boilers and 4 Parsons turbines, chosen because oil made 55% more steam per pound than coal; her 12 14-inch guns carried 3 to a turret in the triple-turret mounting the Navy had only authorized in 1911, with the center barrel fired a fraction of a second late so the shells would not collide in flight; and the all or nothing armor scheme that poured every saved ton into a 13.5-inch Krupp belt and 18-inch turret faces while leaving the ends of the ship bare. We also cover the strangest christening in the Navy's history, when a dry Arizona sent her ship to sea with 2 bottles, one of champagne and one of the first water over the Roosevelt Dam spillway, and the turbine that failed on her first cruise out of New York on the 7th of December, 1916, exactly 25 years to the day before the attack.
#USSArizona #Battleship #PearlHarbor #ShipbuildingHistory #NavalHistory #Dreadnought #BrooklynNavyYard #Shipyard
Sources: Wikipedia, USS Arizona (BB-39) and Pennsylvania-class battleship; Naval History and Heritage Command, USS Arizona (BB-39); Sharlot Hall Museum Archives, The USS Arizona and the Prescott Connection; contemporary coverage of the 19 June 1915 launch (New York Navy Yard).
This video is for educational and historical documentation purposes. All footage is used under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for commentary, criticism, and education.
Subscribe for more shipyard and battleship documentaries every week.