1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to tech Stuff, a production from I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: Hey there, and welcome to tech Stuff. I'm your host, 3 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: John in Strickland. I'm an executive producer with iHeart Radio 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 1: and held the tech are you? It is time for 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: a classic tech Stuff episode. This originally published on April eight. 6 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: It is the follow up to last week's classic episode. 7 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: This one is titled How Aircraft Carriers Work, Part two. 8 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: Enjoy the weight of the structural steal alone sixty tons 9 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,639 Speaker 1: just in steel on that ship. That's not including all 10 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: the all the aircraft and the people and all the 11 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: other stuff. The total area of the flight deck, I 12 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: think we said this already four and a half acres, 13 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: the length of the flight deck one thousand nine ft. 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: But again, they don't get to use all of that. 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: Some of it's for launching, some of it's for recovery. Uh, 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: it's it's broken up into different ways. Some of it's 17 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: just storage. The width of the flight deck and it's 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: the widest point two hundred and fifty seven ft wide, 19 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: which sounds wide, but then again, you've got planes, you've 20 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: got people. You got the pilot house, that pilot house, 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: the island island. That's right. Pilot house where you come 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: up with that it sounds like a restaurant. Well you 23 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: you would technically call it that on a boat, but 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: this is significantly larger than a boat. I'm going to 25 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: go down to the pilot house for some shrimp. Okay, 26 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: uh oh, this is interesting. The weight of each anchor, 27 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: each anchor thirty tons, and in each each link in 28 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: the section of anchor chain weighs three hundred and sixty pounds. 29 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: Massive a couple of people just to lift a Look. 30 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: Each propeller weighs sixty six thousand, two hundred pounds. Each 31 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: of the rudders weighs four sorry, forty five point five tons. Yeah, 32 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: that's amazing. Um, all right, how about the storage capacity 33 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: for aviation fuel, which we would assume would be essential 34 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: for something like that. Because they're not making power from 35 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: the the the reactor for the planes, they still have 36 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: to carry fuel for the actual three point three million 37 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: gallons is what they carry? That sure is? I mean 38 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: think about that next time you go to the Georgia 39 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: Aquarium and you've got that one million gallon tank. Okay, 40 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: number of telephones on board. We're getting into some of 41 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: the funner stuff. Um, funner, more fun the most fun, 42 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: the most fun stuff, it's the bestest stuff is coming up. 43 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: The number of telephones on board twenty five hundred telephones. 44 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: The number of televisions on board three thousand. What are 45 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: they doing watching TV? They got a lot of They 46 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: got a ship to run. Now you are occasionally allowed 47 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: a little downtime, and maybe I'm being harsh, I don't know. Anyways, 48 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: you'd be quite the quartermaster. Thousands, a thousand miles of 49 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: electrical cable is on board when each one of these ships. Um, 50 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: let's see, let's go down to some of the other stuff. Um. 51 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: Number of dentists on board five ye five dentists. So 52 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: you gotta have that if you have thousands of people 53 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: actually do have dental offices aboard. They carry enough food 54 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 1: to feed six thousand people for seventy days. That's that's 55 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: that's eighteen thousand meals a day. Yes, that's right, because 56 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: you're multiplied by three eight thousand meals, and you're right, 57 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: that's exactly right. So the amount of mail that's processes 58 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: on board from you know, from the post office, one 59 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: million pounds of mail goes to all these people throughout 60 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: the throughout the year. Um, let's see number of medical 61 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: doctors on board, and this is actually surprisingly low six 62 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: six considering yeah that you're that's like one per thousand. 63 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: That's that's a pretty low, right, How about just two more? 64 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: To wrap it up here, the number of haircuts that 65 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: they that they give every week fifteen hundred a week. 66 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: But there's only one barbershop, so that that that dramatic 67 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: to be fair, Come on, haircut aboard a navy vessel 68 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: often or involves a pair of electric clippers and not much. Yeah, 69 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: that wasn't as fun as I thought it was, No, no, no. 70 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: But but another another one to think about is that 71 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: you've got about people who are part of the air 72 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: wing aboard the vessel. Now, the air wing, that's all 73 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: the people necessary for the flying and main main maintaining 74 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: of aircraft. So it's not just the pilots, it's also 75 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: the crew that that the flight cruise, the maintenance cruise, 76 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: that sort of thing. Then you've got another three thousand 77 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: who are the ship's company. They're the ones who keep 78 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: the ship running and have their own jobs aboard there, 79 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: including people who are super secret like the people who 80 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: maintain the nuclear reactors, who even aboard ships end up 81 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: being almost legendary because you don't necessarily know who it 82 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: is who works on that duty. That it's not always 83 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: something that is common knowledge aboard ship. There's a there's 84 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: an amazing and truly amazing ten hour documentary series that 85 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: PBS did called Carry, where they follow a bunch of 86 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: sailors aboard the U s S. Nimits, the lead ship 87 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: of the Nimitz class aircraft carrier, and they talk about 88 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: their roles aboard the ship, their decisions of going into 89 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: the Navy, when it's like living aboard this kind of thing. 90 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 1: It follows a deployment during the wars in Afghanistan, and 91 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: so it actually follows these people for a really long 92 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: time and it's fascinating. And one of the things they 93 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: talked about is how, yeah, I don't think I've ever 94 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: met anyone who works in the nuclear reactor area, or 95 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: if they do, they don't. Yeah, they don't say, which 96 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: is kind of interesting. I like that. I like that 97 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: that secretive element too. Yeah. So it's it's really again, 98 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: it's it's a very specific kind of world. And the 99 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: the crew quarters I had referred to the beds, are 100 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: referred to as racks. You have a rack of of 101 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, and the racks are tiny. I mean, I 102 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: don't know if you've seen pictures or video of it, 103 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: but they there's barely enough space for you to climb 104 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: in to get into your little bed. And they are 105 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: stacked three to uh to a section, so you've got 106 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: a lower bunk of middle bunk in an upper bunk. 107 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: All of these are, like I said, there's just enough 108 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: clearance for you to climb in essentially. Um. And in fact, 109 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: I watched the video of a guy getting in one 110 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: for the first time and he's like, I'm sure I'm 111 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: going to get better at this. This was the top 112 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: one he did. He have a bunch of like bruises 113 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: on his forehead. Yeah, I had a couple of lumps, 114 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: you know here there uh. And you have like a 115 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: tiny locker and maybe a foot locker to keep your 116 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: belongings in otherwise, you know, and you're just sharing this 117 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: tiny space, and it might be a lot of people 118 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: sharing a relatively small amount of living space, including a 119 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: lot of people sharing one bathroom. I mean, it's well, 120 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: it's no cruise ship. And you know, even even if 121 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: you do go on a cruise ship, oftentimes you'll you'll 122 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: get into your room and you realize like, well, this 123 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: is a pretty small room, but you've got it pretty 124 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: plush compared to the military. It's luxury compared to the military. 125 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, really really an amazing piece of technology. Now 126 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go through a little bit more about the 127 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: the various aircraft classes that exist, the types of aircraft 128 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: carriers that have existed in the United States history, and 129 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: then I think we can conclude by talking a little 130 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: bit about the the Forward class of super carrier that 131 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: is soon to be part of the United States Navy 132 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: and how it has a couple of interesting, interesting new 133 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: technological improvements. UM that might surprise you because it's not 134 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: it's not necessarily it's not that it's bigger. It's not 135 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: that it's not bigger than the nimits really um. And 136 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: it's not that it's necessarily faster, or that it's able 137 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: to carry a significantly larger UH component of aircraft. It's 138 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: more about how it's more efficient and it needs fewer 139 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: people aboard it, which is kind of cool. So, going 140 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: back to the earliest days, the first aircraft carrier that 141 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: the United States had was referred to as a Langley 142 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: class aircraft carrier. It was the USS Langley. If you 143 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: hear something class, that means that the name of the 144 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: class is generally the name of the lead ship of 145 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: that class, and then other ships in that class were 146 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: built as using the first one as a reference point, 147 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: like that's the model, and then all the other ships 148 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: are going to be built based on that, largely because 149 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: manufacturing processes at this stage mean that we can actually 150 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: make copies of stuff. So there might be a dozen 151 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: Langley class ships out there. There could could have been, yeah, 152 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: I understand, But then but the first one was named 153 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: the Langley. Yes, got it. So in this case it's 154 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: a single ship class, meaning that there was only one 155 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: ever made is a bad example in my part, but 156 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: but only because we're talking about the very first one. 157 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: Um it was. It was a commission in nineteen twenty 158 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: two as an aircraft carrier. However, that's not how the 159 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: Langley got got her start, And of course we refer 160 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: to ships as ladies. So she had a previous life 161 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: as a collier, which is a type of bulk cargo ship. 162 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: So she was converted from cargo ship to aircraft carrier. 163 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: She was originally launched as a cargo ship in nineteen thirteen. No, boy, 164 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: she the conversion process began in nineteen twenty lasted two years. 165 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: She was recommission in nineteen twenty two, and she on 166 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: a wooden deck. Right, yeah, she was she She did 167 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: not have all the amenities of a modern aircraft carriers. 168 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 1: She was slow. She was only capable of traveling at 169 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: fourteen knots, which is less than half of what we're 170 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: talking about with the super carriers these days. I could 171 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: that's a it's a huge problem if you're only going 172 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: fourteen knots because you were not able to generate amount 173 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 1: of air speed that airplanes would really need to take off. 174 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: So it was not not This is one of the 175 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: reasons why the Langley is the only one in her class. 176 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: Um or was the only one, I should say. Now, 177 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: there was a captain in the Navy who ended up 178 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: taking control of the Langley. Uh He was given her 179 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: command and ended up establishing a lot of the handling 180 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: procedures that became standard operating procedure on aircraft carriers after that. 181 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 1: His name was Captain Joseph Reeves. He would eventually rise 182 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: to the rank of admiral. Uh so a lot of 183 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: the things that ended up being used every day on 184 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: aircraft carriers. Were that they were established because Reeves put 185 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: those practices into as policy. He said, this is the 186 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: way we're going to do things. Um. Now, the Langley 187 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: was damaged by Japanese dive bombers in nineteen forty two 188 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: and the surrounding US ships were forced to scuttle the Langley, 189 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: so she was sunk by by US forces on purpose. Next, 190 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: we have the Lexington class, named after the USS Lexington 191 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: that was commissioned in nineteen seven. Uh. It was originally 192 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: a battle cruiser, not an aircraft carrier. Strange, so the 193 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: first two were not necessarily they didn't start out life 194 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: as an air rack exactly. Uh. And there were two 195 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: ships in the Lexington class, so really the first three 196 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: aircraft carrier started as something else. Now here's the interesting 197 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: thing about why we converted. We being the United States, 198 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: converted the battle cruiser into an aircraft carrier. So you 199 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: may have heard of things like a disarmament treaties. This 200 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: is not a new concept. This does not just refer 201 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: to the nuclear age. It goes back further back in 202 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: the old days, like the nineteen twenties. The big weapons 203 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 1: were these giant navy ships, and so there was a 204 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: treaty signed, the Washington Naval Treaty of nineteen twenty two, 205 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: which placed strict limitations on how many warships a nation 206 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: would be allowed by international law to have. If the 207 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: United States built to battle cruisers or actually, i'm sorry, battleships, 208 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: they weren't even they weren't battle cruisers. Now they were 209 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: battle cruisers. So they built two battle cruisers, they would 210 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: go over their limit. However, aircraft carriers at the time 211 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: were not considered really warships. They were considered support. So 212 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: instead of building battle cruisers, they just took the the 213 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: bones of the battle cruisers and converted them into aircraft carriers. Yeah. 214 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: So this was still in the construction phase. It wasn't 215 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: like they they had them out and sailing and then 216 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: converted them. It was all all from the UH at 217 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: the shipyards. UH. The leadership of the class, the Lexington, 218 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: was sunk in nineteen forty two during the Battle of 219 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: the Coral Sea that Scott mentioned. The other was the Saratoga, 220 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: which made it through World War Two. She was heavily 221 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: damaged in a couple of different battles, but she made 222 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:03,199 Speaker 1: it through and she was later sunk on purpose during 223 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: a test of nuclear weapons. Yeah, yeah, this is interesting. Huh. Yeah, 224 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: it's when you start you decide, Hey, we're just gonna 225 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna park this here boat right off the bikini 226 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: and then we're gonna blow it up. Yeah, but you 227 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: know what, how else are you going to test that? 228 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: How else are you going to figure out how that 229 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: ship is going to stand up to an attack like that? 230 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: As it turns out, it doesn't, but it certainly proved 231 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: it in that case. Yeah, so, very interesting fate for 232 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: those two. Then you have the Ranger class, another single 233 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: ship class of ships. So in other words, it's almost 234 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: funny to call it a class when there's only one, 235 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: but that's what we do. So she was the commission 236 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: in nineteen thirty four and deep commission in nine. And 237 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: this is the first ship that was built to be 238 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: an aircraft carrier. Um. She was only seven hundred thirty 239 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: ft long or two two point five meters. I say, oh, 240 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: because that's much shorter than today's super carriers. Had a 241 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: full crew complement of two thousand, four hundred sixty one 242 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: people and uh. She was in the Atlantic Ocean during 243 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: World War two. Because she was too slow to be 244 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: deemed useful for the Pacific theater. And now you said 245 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: seven thirty feet, but that was probably sufficient for prop aircraft. 246 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah. And and again she was built specifically 247 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: with aircraft carrier in mind, so this was not a conversion. 248 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: So she was, you know, designed with those those elements 249 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: in mind. At that point, all we're still talking about 250 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: kind of the straight uh landing takeoff strip that caused 251 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: so many problems early on. Next, we have the York 252 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: Town Class, which was commission in nineteen thirty seven. There 253 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: were three ships built in this class. Of course, the 254 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: lead ship is the York Town. Um. She was sunk 255 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: in nineteen forty two at the Battle of Midway, So 256 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: when we talk about Midway classes, guess what that's named after. Anyway. 257 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: The Hornet was another York Town Class ship. She was 258 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: sunk also in two at the Battle of the Santa 259 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: Cruz Islands. The third ship was the original U S. 260 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: S Enterprise. The original well original in the sense of 261 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: aircraft carriers. Um. Now you know what, I don't think 262 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: until this morning, when you were talking about I don't 263 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: think I knew that there were two USS Enterprises. Yeah, yeah, 264 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: so this one is This one was a York Town 265 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: class ship. There would later be an Enterprise class ship 266 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: also known as the U. S. S. Enterprise. So if 267 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: you guys have been watching a lot of Star Trek 268 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: and you get confused about which enterprises which, because there's Enterprise, 269 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: you know, a B, C, D, and then of course 270 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: there's the previous ones. Uh that dates back all the 271 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: way to the Navy days, I mean, and of course 272 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: they named the Enterprise after this particular ship. This was 273 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: the most decorated ship in US Navy history. It's on 274 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: the bottom of the ocean. Well you can't, you know, 275 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: and no one lives forever going through this list. I mean, man, 276 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: there's a bunch of them down there. Yeah. Yeah, Well 277 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: she she actually was. She made it through. She was 278 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: not sunk the way the Yorktown and the Hornet were. 279 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: That's something. She was seven seventy ft long or two 280 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: hunts and had a complement of two thousand, two hundred 281 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: seventeen crew. Next we get to the Wasp class. It's 282 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: another single ship class, only one ever made. She was 283 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: commissioned in nineteen forty but sunk in nineteen forty two 284 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: during the Guadalcanal campaign by a Japanese submarine. She was 285 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: six eight feet long or two hundred ten and she 286 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: carried a crew of two thousand, one hundred sixty seven 287 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: during wartime or around eighteen hundred during peacetime. Now, her 288 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: construction came down to politics. This was one of the 289 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: things I thought was fascinating. So you remember that treaty image. 290 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: In the ninety two treaty, it limited the amount of tonnage. 291 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: The United States was able to dedicate two aircraft carriers, 292 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: but they had fifteen thousand ton tonnage left over after 293 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: every thing else, and they said, well, we don't want 294 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: that to go to waste. Let's build a an aircraft 295 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: carrier that will make up this tonnage that we have 296 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: been allotted. And the Wasp was that ship. That's strange 297 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: because okay, you're talking, you're talking about at ton aircraft carrier. Yeah, 298 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: compared to like the thirty thousand plus sixty yeah, oh yeah, yeah, 299 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 1: I mean it's it seems like it's so small and 300 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: how how did that even work? It's called a wasp, 301 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: very thin metal. Yeah yeah, And she only lasted two 302 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: years before she was sunk. We'll be back with more 303 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: about aircraft carriers after this quick break. Now, now we 304 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: get into one of the like what was the backbone 305 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: of the United States Navy during World War Two. That's 306 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: the Essex class of aircraft carriers commission in nineteen forty two. 307 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: There was also an extended bowel variation. The bow is 308 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: the front end of the ship. There was an extended 309 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: bow variation that was commissioned in nineteen four. There were 310 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: twenty four ships built in the Essex class. There were 311 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: another eight that had been planned but were canceled before 312 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 1: they could be built. Uh So this was the most 313 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: plentiful of them. Out of those twenty four, fourteens saw 314 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: combat during World War Two. Not a single one was sunk. 315 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: That's impressive. So all of them made it through World 316 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: War two. Uh. They range because there's an extended vowel version. 317 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 1: They ranged from about eight hundred twenty feet which is 318 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: almost two to eight feet which is about two hundred 319 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: seventy You know, that kind of makes sense though, because 320 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 1: we were talking about the role reversal and how you 321 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: know that became the primary player then the aircraft carrier 322 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: was during World War two, so they when they went out, 323 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 1: you know, these fourteen ships that went out and saw 324 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: saw action. They were surrounded by support ships and they 325 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: were protecting them fear sleep, and that's probably the difference. 326 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: That's probably why all four teen made it through that. 327 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: I mean, clearly the biggest danger you you face there. 328 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: I mean, there are plenty of dangerous lots of them, 329 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: but the biggest one would be submarines because those would 330 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: be the hardest to detect. Now, a lot of the 331 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: aircraft carriers, in fact, all aircraft carriers to my knowledge, 332 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: have anti submarine um UH strategies where they deploy what 333 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: is essentially a decoy that makes a lot of noise, 334 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 1: so a submarine ends up focusing on that. Torpedoes go 335 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,719 Speaker 1: towards that as opposed to going to the actual aircraft carrier, 336 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: so you don't want to make a lot of noise. 337 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: Then you have Independence Class commission in ninety three. This 338 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: was another conversion. These were light aircraft carriers. They were 339 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: conversions of Cleveland class light cruisers. So if you look 340 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: at the list of Independence class ships, you'll see that 341 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: they have multiple names because they had already had a 342 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: life as a light cruiser but now had been converted 343 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: into aircraft carrier. And they got named a new name 344 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: in that case. Yeah, that's weird because sailors generally think 345 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: that it's bad luck to rename a ship points called 346 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 1: it something, But I guess it was technically a different 347 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: ship by then. Anyway, cruisers are small to medium sized warships. 348 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: They usually act as fleet support. And World War two, 349 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: you the United States had need of a lot more 350 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: aircraft carriers, but they are expensive, they take a lot 351 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 1: of time to make, so there weren't a whole lot 352 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: of options. The best option was to convert stuff that 353 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 1: they already had into aircraft carriers rather than have to 354 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: build new ones. Makes sense, Yeah, it makes sense. Um, 355 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: So nine ships were converted ultimately in this way. Now, 356 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: next we have the Midway class, which was commissioned in 357 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: There were three of these. They were longer than the 358 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: Essex class. The leadership of the class. The Midway remained 359 00:20:55,240 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: in service until nineteen two too. Not a bad not 360 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: a bad return on investment is a surprisingly long run. Yeah. 361 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: I mean, if you look at the aircraft that the 362 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: United States has depended upon, some of those aircraft have 363 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: been in service for a really long time. But this 364 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,239 Speaker 1: is this is truly you know, impressive to me, and 365 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: they might have changed a little bit between nine. They 366 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: probably got a couple of refits where they changed changed up. 367 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: Probably you know where Hey, you finally got the compass 368 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: to stop wobbling. Um. Yeah, So the last action that 369 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: the Midway saw was an Operation Desert Storm. She took 370 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: took part in that, and then, uh, she is now 371 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: a museum in San Diego, California, which is where I 372 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: got to. Is the case with with several of these Yeah, 373 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: a lot of these aircraft carriers are a lot and 374 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: I'm not mentioning all of them by name because obviously 375 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: that would We're gonna be running super long if I 376 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: did that. But a lot of them are now museums 377 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 1: in various local Asians. Some of them are in the 378 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: process of being converted into museums for some places. Um, 379 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 1: it's a great use for them. Yeah, it's really it's 380 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: fascinating to really get an actual look at what the 381 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: living conditions are like, to see these racks and see 382 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: how tiny those bunks are, and just think, like anyone 383 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: who hasn't served time on board a ship, uh you know, 384 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: I had had had any service board a ship like that. 385 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: It really kind of gives you a new appreciation for 386 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: the sacrifice that the men and women who choose to 387 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: do that. You know what they go through, no doubt. Um. Next, 388 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: we've got the Saipan class, which was commission in nineteen 389 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: forty six. There were only two ships built in that class. 390 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 1: They were shorter four point six ft long two eight 391 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: meters or so, and they carried a complement of seventeen hundred. 392 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: They were designed to carry forty two aircraft, including twelve bombers. 393 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: They had a relatively short service life because, uh well 394 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: they just weren't as useful once we started getting the 395 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: development of the jet engine planes right. They were far 396 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: too short for that. So they were converted into command 397 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: and communication ships in the nineteen fifties. Um So that 398 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: meant that we needed to have a new class of 399 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: ship designed specifically to accommodate jet fighters. And here we arrive. 400 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: It's like the modern era. Yeah, this is where we're 401 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: making that that. You know, we're still not quite the 402 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: nuclear era, but we're at the super carrier era. This 403 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: is where we arrive at the aircraft carrier. That wasn't 404 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: the big one that that started but wasn't completed. The 405 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: United States class the USS United States didn't. They only 406 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: work on the beginning production of this thing for just 407 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: a few days before it was canceled. They had laid 408 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 1: the keel down. Depending upon the the account you read, 409 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: it's between five and nine days. Like the keel was 410 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: laid out, and within within a week or so it 411 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: was canceled. And uh. It was supposed to be a 412 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: ship that would be one thousand ninety ft long or so. 413 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 1: This would have been the longest aircraft carrier up to 414 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: that point. Um she was supposed to be able to 415 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 1: carry twelve to eighteen heavy bombers and fifty four jet fighters. 416 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: Now she was canceled by order of the Secretary of 417 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: Defense Lewis A. Johnson, who sided with the Air Force 418 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: in an argument that was going on between the Air 419 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: Force and the Navy. The Air Force said, listen, we're 420 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: in the nuclear age, and the best investment is for 421 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: us to build lots and lots of long range bombers 422 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: that can fly out over a target drop a nuclear weapon. 423 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: This is gonna be to terrence will never have a 424 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: war again. And Johnson said, this is the way I 425 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: want to go, and it led to what was called 426 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: the Revolt of the admirals. So you had these admirals 427 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: in the Navy who all said, no, aircraft carriers are 428 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: going to still be important. We're going to need a 429 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: place that we can, uh, we can maneuver into different 430 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: parts of the world and use as a base of 431 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: operations for our our air strategy, for our own floating island. Yeah. 432 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: So you had the Navy arguing that we still needed 433 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: to have aircraft carriers and the Air Force arguing that no, 434 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: we did not. Then a little conflict broke out, the 435 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: Korean War, and the Korean War illustrated that nuclear deterrents 436 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: would not work in every kind of outbreak of violence, 437 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: and the United States believed that it had a real 438 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: stake in the outcome of the Korean War. A fear 439 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: of the spread of communism was a large part of this. 440 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: It was all happening as the Cold War is raging, 441 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: and the Navy said, see, we need aircraft carriers, and 442 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: so back to building aircraft carriers. The Navy went, now't 443 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 1: this something, I mean the research and development. I don't 444 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 1: know how long that took before, you know, prior to 445 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: to the start of the build, but to get nine 446 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: or ten days or five days or whatever into the 447 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: build and then just decided to quit. That's remarkable. Yeah, yeah, 448 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: exactly what was Yeah, I mean it's we're talking like 449 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: a hundred million dollars at that point. Then we get 450 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: the Forestal class. This is the one that had the 451 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: the famous fire, the USS forest All. That was commissioned 452 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: in nineteen fifty five. There were four of them built 453 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: um and it was the first actual aircraft carriers to 454 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: be designated as super carriers. All four were decommissioned in 455 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: the nineteen nineties, and they were one thousand seventy ft 456 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: long about three and they still used steam turbines for 457 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: propulsion like they steam boilers. They didn't have nuclear reactors yet. 458 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: The crew compliment for that was four thousand three. So 459 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: we're getting bigger. Someone down there shoveling colon. Yeah, a 460 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: lot of them actually. Yeah, you know, throw another log 461 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: on the fire. We need to go a little faster, 462 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: it's what they're doing. More steam, more steam. Next, we 463 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: had the Kittie Hawk class now Kitty Hawk obviously nay 464 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: named after the test flights that the Wright brothers did 465 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: at Kitty Hawk. Uh. That was commission in nineteen sixty one. 466 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: There were three ships built in that class, the Kitty Hawk, 467 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 1: the Constellation, and the America. UH and they also used 468 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: steam turbines. Then we get to the Enterprise class and 469 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: the next USS Enterprise UH commission on November nineteen sixty one. 470 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 1: And UH, the USS Enterprise is the only ship in 471 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: this class there They've never built any other ones. UH. 472 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 1: It was one thousand, one hundred one ft long or 473 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 1: one thousand hundred feet two inches long three hundred thirty 474 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: five point six four meters um. It's flight deck was 475 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: two d fifty two feet wide or seventy five point 476 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 1: six meters. It displaced eighty nine thousand, six hundred tons 477 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: with a full load. Top speed was more than thirty knots. 478 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: Had more than three thousand, three hundred fifty members of 479 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: the ship's company and another two thousand, four hundred eighty 480 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: as the air wing crew. They had a total of 481 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: five thousand, eight hundred thirty people aboard this thing. That's 482 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 1: a huge crew, huge crew. UH. It's armament included anti 483 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: ship missile defense systems and anti aircraft weapons, and it 484 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: could hold more than sixty aircraft. UH. And it's to 485 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: be decommissioned this year. This year so this is one 486 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 1: that's probably going to end up being a museum someplace, 487 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: I would hope. So, yeah, and I hope that they 488 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: hang up pictures from Star Trek everywhere. All Right, we'll 489 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: be wrapping up the subject of aircraft carriers in just 490 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: a moment after this quick break. Next we have the 491 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: Kennedy class. Uh. This is a subclass of the Kittie 492 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: Hawk class of aircraft carriers. It was commission there's only 493 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: one of them, or there was only one of them, 494 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: the John F. Kennedy, and it was decommissioned in two 495 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,479 Speaker 1: thousand seven, quite as long as the Enterprise class, but 496 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: they had a similar propulsion system, which means, you know, 497 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: the Enterprise being one that was the first one to 498 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: have nuclear reactors for propulsion. The Kennedy class also had it, 499 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: so unlike the Kittie Hawk class, this is why it's 500 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: a subclass, right. It didn't have the steam boilers like 501 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: Kitty Hawk did. It had nuclear reactors, So that's why 502 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: it's considered a subclass. Unto itself, it could carry more 503 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: than eighty aircraft, but it was decommissioned because it was 504 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: also the most expensive ship to maintain in the fleet 505 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: and it was due for a major overhaul, and budget 506 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: cuts said that that was not gonna happen, so they 507 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: decommissioned it. Yeah, so instead they built the Nimitz class, 508 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: and this is what we're using today, the largest warship 509 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: on the seas right now. It's named after World War 510 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: Two Pacifically Commander Chester W. Nimitz, and the Nimits Class 511 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: was commissioned on May third, nineteen sev just a short 512 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: time before I was blinked nineteen seventy five. And we've 513 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 1: gone all the way through to two thousand and fifteen 514 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: or two sixteen really before we come to the next 515 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: version of class or class of supercarrier, which is the class. Yeah. 516 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: So she's been in this class of ships has been 517 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: in service for for more than four decades. Yeah, that's 518 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: a long time. The Navy has ten Nimits Class aircraft carriers. 519 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: They are one thousand, ninety two ft long, three thirty 520 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: two point eight five and one at thirty four at 521 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: the beam that's fours. That's that's at the bottom of 522 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 1: the ship. So here's the thing. The other thing about 523 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: aircraft carriers is they kind of had this thing where 524 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: they're narrow at the bottom and they kind of flare 525 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: out with wise at the top, and obviously you need 526 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: to have a lot of surface area for your flight deck. 527 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: That's another element of them. You know, it's interesting. I 528 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 1: mean we've got ten supercarriers. That's pretty cool. Yeah, no, 529 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: it is really cool. Um, the ship's company is between 530 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: three thousand and thirty two hundred uh crew members plus 531 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: pilots and crew for the air wing, plus five hundred staff. 532 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: So your total is between five thousand and five thousand, 533 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: two hundred people per super carrier. So it's a lot 534 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: of folks on there. That is I mean the logistics 535 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: of of maintaining everything that you have to do. I 536 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: mean we've I know we've talked about it, but even 537 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: the mail service, the sewage system, uh, fresh food or 538 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: fresh food and water, um, you know, all of this stuff. 539 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: I mean, the barbershop, the dentist, the doctor is all 540 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 1: that coordinating everything has just got to be an incredible undertake. Yeah, 541 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: I mean that's that's why you have to have this 542 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: huge number of staff aboard. I mean you sit there 543 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: and think, like, what are they doing while they're doing 544 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: They're making sure everything runs smoothly. They have to. Yeah, 545 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: I mean it's a military operation and everybody is there 546 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: for a specific purpose. That's the other thing is that 547 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: there's six thousand people on board, roughly six thousands that 548 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: have a specific job that they're doing. It's not like 549 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: a cruise ship where you go on and you know, 550 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: more than half the people are there just to have 551 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: a good time and relax. The other half are there 552 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 1: to work. You're not gonna find a lot of people 553 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: having a good time aboard an aircraft carrier. Well, yeah, 554 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: maybe they only I get a little little like basketball 555 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 1: in or something occasionally. Yeah, sure, But but the thing 556 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: is they've all got a job. I mean, every single 557 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: one of them. So it's it's it's just a different 558 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 1: way to look at things. Yeah, and um, and you 559 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: might you know, we haven't talked a lot about the 560 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: defense systems aboard aircraft carriers, largely because their main their 561 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 1: main weapon are the aircraft, right, but they do have 562 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: various uh defense systems aboard them. With the limits you're 563 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: talking about C Sparrow missile system, which is an anti 564 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 1: aircraft and anti missile weapon and also has the foalanx 565 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: c I WS defense system to protect against anti ship missiles. 566 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: It's essentially an automated twenty millimeter gabling gun that tracks 567 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: and shoots down incoming missiles. Yeah. That's watching videos of 568 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: this thing working is terrifying. Yeah. And also these this 569 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: serviced air missiles that use radar seeking UH signals to 570 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: phone in on whatever they're bouncing the signals off of. 571 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: So that is another cool thing to watch. I mean 572 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: to watch the watch the missiles reaching their target based 573 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: on radar. And they also have a rolling air frame 574 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 1: missile mounts which can launch surface to air missiles, which 575 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: is another anti ship cruise missile defense system. So in 576 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: other words, if an incoming missiles coming towards the aircraft carrier, 577 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: you can launch one of these to try and UH 578 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: and and destroy the missile hits. And then you already 579 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: talked about the things that they call the nixies, right, Yeah, 580 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: that's the for the anti submarine. Yeah. What a cool 581 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: idea that they deploy decoys behind the ship in order 582 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: to draw in the torpedo file. Very cool. I think 583 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: of it kind of like flak for aircraft, where you're 584 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: trying to make sure by by by jettisoning, jettison ng 585 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: uh lots of stuff that a missile could mistake for 586 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: the aircraft that you can escape without being being hit 587 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 1: by the weapon. Clever. So now we're finally at what 588 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: is coming up next. So the Nimitz class is the 589 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,560 Speaker 1: current aircraft carrier the United States Navy depends upon. The 590 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: next is the Ford class. As we mentioned, it's the 591 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,439 Speaker 1: same length more or is you know, essentially the same 592 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: size as the Nimitz class, but it has a wider 593 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: flight deck. Uh, it's four ft wider. It's got two 594 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: or fifty six ft wide or seventy eight, and has 595 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: two nuclear reactors to provide the propulsion power and electricity. 596 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: Has same general top speed as the limits more or less. Again, 597 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: the Navy doesn't really want to show, uh. But the 598 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: systems aboard the Ford require fewer personnel. So the total 599 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: crew of a Forward class ship, remember limits is five 600 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: thousand to five thousand, two hundred Forward class four thousand, 601 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: five hundred thirty nine. How did they cut the crew down? 602 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: It's it's incredible that they have streamlined system so that 603 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: it requires fewer people to maintain and oversee. Uh. And 604 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,240 Speaker 1: it can also hold more aircraft than the Nimitz class vessel, 605 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,440 Speaker 1: more than seventy five of them. Similar armament to limits. Um, 606 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: and it has some advance and aircraft launches. Uh, and 607 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 1: one particular that we need to mention. This is how 608 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: we're going to conclude. We're gonna talk about the difference. 609 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: So we had talked about the steam catapults earlier. Yeah, 610 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: the the the Ford class is changing. We're finally getting 611 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:21,080 Speaker 1: away from these steam powered pistons that launch aircraft. They're 612 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: switching to an electro magnetic aircraft launch system also known 613 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 1: as EMLS. I like this idea. It's a really cool idea. 614 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 1: I gotta say that. You know, my first my initial 615 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: thought of this was are they going to be able 616 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,360 Speaker 1: to shorten the decks? Are they're gonna be able to 617 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: make smaller aircraft carriers? But but then I thought, well, 618 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 1: they still need to store the aircraft. It's still gonna 619 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 1: need a massive ship. Um, it's not gonna get dramatically smaller. 620 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 1: But they might be able to shorten the length of 621 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,760 Speaker 1: the takeoff area where they might be able to provide 622 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 1: more runaways, more takeoff areas, because there's some that have 623 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: as many as they can launch three or four airplanes. Actually, 624 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,360 Speaker 1: you know what, the most I've ever seen launched at 625 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 1: one time is three simultaneously, but yeah, you could have 626 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:08,239 Speaker 1: like four or five catapult areas, and the emails ones 627 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: can reset much faster than the steam ones. Within forty 628 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 1: five seconds they can reset to be able to launch 629 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,760 Speaker 1: another aircraft. Now, it's probably gonna take longer than forty 630 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 1: five seconds for you to get the next aircraft hooked 631 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,400 Speaker 1: up and ready to go, but that's how long the 632 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,240 Speaker 1: system requires before it can launch again. So it's very fast. 633 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: There's some downsides I'll get to it in the second, 634 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,439 Speaker 1: but the general way this works is that it works 635 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: on the basic principles of magnetism, right where uh like, 636 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,879 Speaker 1: polls on the magnet repel and opposite poles attract. So 637 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: remember that shuttle we talked about with the steam powered one, 638 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: same sort of thing. You've got a shuttle there, and 639 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 1: you have a leading edge the front side of the shuttle, 640 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 1: the part that the toebar is gonna connect to, and 641 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 1: then you have the back edge of the shuttle, and 642 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,439 Speaker 1: you've got these two rails that are on either side 643 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: of the shuttle, just like the pistons would be on 644 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:06,880 Speaker 1: the steam powered one, but instead of using steam, you're 645 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:12,840 Speaker 1: using electricity to generate magnetic fields. And you are pulling 646 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: the shuttle in the front, you're creating an opposite charge, 647 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,319 Speaker 1: so it attracts the front of the shuttle as it 648 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 1: starts to you know, it wants to move toward that 649 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: opposite it's going to slam into the other end. And 650 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 1: then you use the same charge on the back to 651 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: push the shells, so you're pulling and pushing it at 652 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:34,160 Speaker 1: the same time. And by changing, by fluctuating this magnetic 653 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:38,720 Speaker 1: field at a particular speed down the length of these rails, 654 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 1: you propel the shuttle very very quickly down the rails. Now, 655 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:48,719 Speaker 1: the power of that push is dependent on a couple 656 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,400 Speaker 1: of different things. The length of the rails, which in 657 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 1: this case are about three feet in length, and the 658 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,960 Speaker 1: amount of current you're putting through it means you've got 659 00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,880 Speaker 1: to put a lot of current. We're talking about a 660 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:04,400 Speaker 1: lot of electricity, a huge amount. We're talking one hundred 661 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:09,240 Speaker 1: million watts per launch, which you sound like dr Evil. 662 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:14,040 Speaker 1: One hundred million what's doing the pinky thing? Just in 663 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: case you guys can't see. Also, that's the same amount 664 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: of electricity a small town would use in that same 665 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,520 Speaker 1: amount of time. So every time your launch, you're using 666 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,719 Speaker 1: within that forty five seconds of of launch and recovery. 667 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,760 Speaker 1: You're using essentially the same amount of electricity a town 668 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: would use in that. But let me tell you something, 669 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,080 Speaker 1: who cares Because you've got a nuclear reactor. You're creating 670 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: it yourself. You're using what you create. It's not like 671 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: you're you're taking it from somebody else to use it. Yeah, 672 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: they don't have an extension cord leading all or I 673 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,080 Speaker 1: don't mean to trivialize it right now what I mean, 674 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,799 Speaker 1: but I mean it's interesting and I wonder how many Okay, 675 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,840 Speaker 1: I wonder what safety aspects this brings out? Our safety 676 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 1: concerns that brings up for crew members working on the deck. Well, 677 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: because there's a lot of crew members that each have 678 00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: their own job and they're you know, they got their 679 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,839 Speaker 1: head down to what they're supposed to be doing. There's 680 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,919 Speaker 1: gonna be brand new procedures for this, no doubt. Sure. Yeah, 681 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,760 Speaker 1: it's it requires a smaller crew than the steam powered 682 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: version does. But obviously that crew does need to be 683 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,320 Speaker 1: alert because if you're in the wrong place at the 684 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,799 Speaker 1: wrong time, I mean, when those jet engines, uh fire up. 685 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 1: I read I read a story about a guy aboard 686 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 1: an aircraft carrier who got sucked into the intake but 687 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,000 Speaker 1: did not get sucked into the actual jet engine itself. 688 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 1: He suffered injuries, but they were not not critical injuries 689 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,240 Speaker 1: because he didn't get pulled all the way into the engine. 690 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,359 Speaker 1: He was just stuck in a terribly uncomfortable position right 691 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,840 Speaker 1: at the very entrance of it. But that's a real concern, 692 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 1: you know, And that's going to be a concern whether 693 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: it's a steam powered one or electromagnetic because because again, 694 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: the pilot is still going to have to power up 695 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,160 Speaker 1: full throttle so that they can take off properly. Okay, 696 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:55,799 Speaker 1: I was getting I was getting more to the point of, 697 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,799 Speaker 1: you know, somebody whose job it is to to hook 698 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,799 Speaker 1: up the shuttle to the to the the landing gear, 699 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 1: and if they mistakenly touch you know, I don't touch 700 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,239 Speaker 1: the metal on the plane and the metal on the 701 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,360 Speaker 1: on the deck here at the same time. Um I 702 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,080 Speaker 1: can I understand. But there's also there's also huge dangers 703 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: with the steam powered Yeah. Well, I mean you're talking 704 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 1: about a massive amount of steam under huge pressure. Something's 705 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,239 Speaker 1: going to throw a plane off of a ship. I mean, 706 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna be dangerous no matter what. Right. 707 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 1: So this has been one of those things that some 708 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,360 Speaker 1: people have claimed has held up the development of the 709 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:31,880 Speaker 1: Ford Supercarrier because obviously, like we're saying, you need to 710 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,759 Speaker 1: make sure the system is going to work, it's going 711 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,080 Speaker 1: to replace something that already exists. So there's some who 712 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: would argue, well, why are you replacing something that has 713 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,919 Speaker 1: been proven to work, And the answer is that, well, 714 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:45,680 Speaker 1: this system could potentially take up much less space. You 715 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:47,400 Speaker 1: still have to have a massive amount space just for 716 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,400 Speaker 1: the power generator to send the electricity to the rails, 717 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,640 Speaker 1: but it's still going to be smaller than the steam 718 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,680 Speaker 1: uh pistons that you would be using, at least directly 719 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,200 Speaker 1: under the deck um and uh you know it uses 720 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 1: again a mall or crew, so you don't need to 721 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 1: have as many people a border aircraft carrier. Military is 722 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:08,120 Speaker 1: gonna like that. Yeah, so uh, you know, not the 723 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: most electrically uh the efficient device maybe, but still really fascinating. Yeah, 724 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: maybe I should clarify that military budget people are gonna 725 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,440 Speaker 1: but the but the thing is, I still wonder, I 726 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 1: wonder if it's going to be any faster than the 727 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,840 Speaker 1: steam system, or if it's going to be more capable 728 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,279 Speaker 1: than the steam system as far as you know the 729 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,440 Speaker 1: launch distance, the launch time, because we said that it 730 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 1: launches a plane in like in two seconds and it's 731 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,120 Speaker 1: going a hundred and sixty five miles per hour when 732 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 1: it at the end of that of that travel, well, 733 00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:40,280 Speaker 1: I mean it is the difference between changing the electric 734 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:44,839 Speaker 1: current along the rail versus the mechanical action of a 735 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 1: piston being pushed forward. So I guess you're going you're 736 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,839 Speaker 1: going one hundred and sixty five miles per hour instantly. Yeah, 737 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,920 Speaker 1: instead could approaching that and then at launch your acceleration 738 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,440 Speaker 1: could be even faster. I would imagine, I mean I 739 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 1: I I also imagine that, they said it. So it's 740 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:05,320 Speaker 1: not that because obviously we don't want to cause injury 741 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:11,200 Speaker 1: to the pilot or damage the vehicle. But yeah, a 742 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:15,480 Speaker 1: that that sort of speed. So uh, this was really 743 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,160 Speaker 1: a lot of fun to talk about, and um, you know, 744 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:19,960 Speaker 1: when we first started, I wasn't sure if we were 745 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:21,600 Speaker 1: going to get two episodes out of it, but we 746 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:25,000 Speaker 1: sure did. Yeah, yeah, we did, I can tell already. 747 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,360 Speaker 1: So here here's another peak behind the curtain where you 748 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:31,200 Speaker 1: new listeners out there. Sometimes we don't know how long 749 00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:32,879 Speaker 1: an episode is going to be and we don't know 750 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,600 Speaker 1: how um you know, you know whether or not something's 751 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,279 Speaker 1: gonna be one part or two parts. And the funny 752 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,040 Speaker 1: thing is you've already listened to part one and this 753 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,080 Speaker 1: is the end of part two. But we didn't know 754 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: it was going to be in the part two until 755 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,080 Speaker 1: I looked down at Scott's timing device and saw that 756 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 1: we're well over an hour and a half. If we 757 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,959 Speaker 1: wanted to release this as one episode, you were giving 758 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,040 Speaker 1: them all the secrets, I know, right well, I mean, 759 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,200 Speaker 1: come on, we just had tech Stuff seven episode, so 760 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,520 Speaker 1: I feel like I feel like we've had a few moments, 761 00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:03,600 Speaker 1: me and the listeners probably, so, Scott, thank you so 762 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,360 Speaker 1: much for joining me for these two episodes. Are really appreciated. 763 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:07,960 Speaker 1: You know what. Once again, I had a lot of 764 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 1: fun talking about this. You know way more about aircraft 765 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,200 Speaker 1: carriers than I do, obviously, but I had a great 766 00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,360 Speaker 1: time and it's always a good conversation. So thank you 767 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,560 Speaker 1: for inviting me, and I'd gladly do it again. Fantastic 768 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,680 Speaker 1: and next time I swear I'll pick something car related. 769 00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:25,480 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed that classic episode about how aircraft 770 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,320 Speaker 1: carriers work. Will be back with an all new, old 771 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,719 Speaker 1: episode next week. I think I'm trying to parse that. 772 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. I need more coffee. If you have 773 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,480 Speaker 1: suggestions for topics I should cover on future episodes of 774 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,759 Speaker 1: tech Stuff, please reach out to me on Twitter. The 775 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,200 Speaker 1: handle for the show is tech Stuff H s W 776 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:50,800 Speaker 1: and I'll talk to you again really soon. 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