USS Boston (1884) - Guide 243

USS Boston, one of the first steel ships of the United States Navy, is today's subject.

Read more about the ship here:

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Des Moines Heavy cruisers.
Hydra Class Ironclads
Audacious class CV's
Malta class
Tennessee-class cruiser
The Merrimack and Mersey class of frigates
Henri IV
USS Marblehead
Pinguin
German Auxiliary Cruiser Atlantis
Project 24 Sovetsky Soyuz class Battleship
HMS Caroline

Ships of Battle of Campeche
PT Boats

[cartmann]

“…the first attempt at a capital ship: the USS Maine.”
That sounds like a punchline. An explosive 🧨 one.

[michaelkthcfan]

I love these Victorian Era guides. The ships of the era had a lot of quirkiness.

[gerbil_]

The 8" guns are at Hamlin Park in Shoreline, North of Seattle. I played softball there and visited the guns several times. No mention of how they got there. Sad end for such a historic ship - took part in the Battle of Manila Bay with the USS Olympia and the rest of the Asiatic fleet.

[VosperCDN]

Quite a long service life for a ship of it's era, making it 50+ years.

[MarcStjames-rqdm]

'Squadron of evolution' Great jazz fusion band name!

[rogerlafrance]

Most interesting period of naval engineering. Making steel, steam, breach loaders and such all work together without much in the way of electric power, automation, and so on. Many still had donkey steam engines on deck for loading and raising sail.

[derekjacobs]

I Commented before on the USS West Virginia (BB-48). My father Started on the West Virginia, and the last ship he was on was the (CA-1, CAG-1) USS Boston 1958-59, he retired in 61'. I went on the Boston when I was little I was in awe of the size and Missiles. I joined the Navy in 74' and worked on a Guided Missile Destroyer / Cruiser on the Missile System. Thank-You!

[markjensen]

the 8" gun barrels are mounted in hamlen park just north of seattle used to crall on them when I was young.

[korbell]

I love these ships which were designed by both "I was building ships before you were born!" shipwrights and the young whippersnappers and their newfangled ideas.

I can imagine them sneaking in at night and drawing all over each others schematics and that is how we ended up with ships blended with old and new technology. <grins>

[Easy-Eight]

Scuttling is a better fate than scrapping.

[vintagethrifter]

Well done, Boston! You served your country in three wars.

[markrobinson]

Love these videos about ships from the transition from sails to steam. Keep up the good work.

[notshapedforsportivetricks]

What a pretty little ship. The square rig really suits her.

[oldcremona]

I really enjoy learning about these archaic, forgotten ships of history.

[whyjnot]

Everytime Drach says something about the USN actually getting funding there is a voice in my head that screams "lies lies lies!!!"

Then I have to remind myself that even if it was with the same regularity as is with the sighting of unicorns, congress does indeed _sometimes_ give the navy money (before coming up with a reason for stopping the funds after 30% are out)

[jeffwaddell]

I would just like to let you know that I really appreciate everything you are doing. As an old sailor I love your channel I have listened to everything thing you have done on this channel. At least once if not more. Thank you for putting all that effort out for us.

[esandersonucc]

You omitted a significant event: USS Boston’s role in overthrowing the government of Hawai’i in 1893.

[Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Tea brought on this ship would be thrown overboard

[poetdriver]

The gun layout was inspired by a street map of Boston.

[jamesgoacher]

These type of guides remind me of the best "That's you Life" candidates. Not someone who was famous and in the public eye, but an otherwise scarcely known but "Extremely" interesting person.
Thanks. Ask your grand parents about "That's you Life" if you are too young and did not know about B/W TV :-).