WW2 Submarine Radio Room

U.S. Navy World War 2 Gato Class Submarine USS Silversides (SS-236) Radio Room

Muskegon, Michigan, Museum 6 July 2018

Video By Heinz Thiel
World War 2 HRS Press Corps

[glenmartin]

Thank you.
My father-in-law was a US Army radio operator stationed at Adak with the Navy during WW2 and my brother-in-law was a submariner during or after the Vietnam War.
I learned Morse code as Boy Scout from the US Marines at Camp Pendleton and have been an Amateur Extra radio operator for 20 years. One of my nicknames is "Chief."
Thanks again for the video. N0QFT

[kenowens]

The radiomen not only had to send and receive messages, but they also had to know how to repair the equipment if their were problems.

[michaelwiley]

I have the RBM mw and Hf receivers, they were never issued, but were saved from destruction at depot due to front end leakage. Have a homemade power supply. Still work.

[Knifeguy]

all those tubes must have made that little closet a sweat box when they heated up, wow.

[thomthumbe]

Navy ships have the very best RF ground plane that anyone could ever dream of or want!

[rcrevel]

Very well done. All the docs and movies I've seen about subs don't even touch the details of this 3:45 snippet. Thanks from Calif.

[brassslowhand]

Nice video. Thanks. I am NamVet1967 & retired US Coast Guard, also amateur radio operator. I recognize apparatus in this video. Qualified as USN CommSys Tech Controller. Semper Paratus.

[RealDapperDude]

Thanks. I've been looking for something radio room specific on a Gato class. Mahalo

[guybeingaguy]

27 years as a two way radio technician for Motorola. They were tube amps so that’s why they needed their own generator. The grid current across the plates of the tubes will knock you down dead. I’d also guess those transmitters were kilowatt for sure. You quoted VHF (120-160mhz ?). Also, are they FM, AM, SSB ?

[shaofuchang]

I found an old QSL card from you guys at the hamfest, dated way back 2011 from W9AB, Muskegon, MI. Michiana Amateur Radio Club. Have you guys thought about doing that again?

73,
KN4GEI

[Rudi]

did CW or morse code used in the marine and sub marine vessel...???

[Bobbysoxer]

Was there any of the encryption equipment in the radio shack on the sub?

[kargocult]

The Hallicrafters SX-25 doesn't belong there. Besides, the Hallicrafters has 1960s knobs from an ARR-41 style receiver on it. No radios or other equipment would have been just stacked unsecured on top other equipment, so this radio room is not quite historically accurate.

[harbselectronicslab]

The thumbnail of the Radio room looks like the marine version of Mr Carlsons

[caoeason]

short wave morse code communication is the only technology right now which has enabled global communication without relying on relay station, such as satelites.
Based on this senses, it should not be considered as obsolete. Today, the internet relies on relay station such as satellite, which may not be available during disasters, such as alien invasion.

[Rudi]

I am come to this channel because of accident of Indonesia submarine NANGGALA 402...!!!

[neilkrumbeck]

Neil Krumbeck
Interesting Video. In May last year, our team discovered the wreck of the USS Robalo (SS-273) in the southern Philippines. I've been researching fleet submarine radio equipment as we believe that Robalo's radio may have failed as she was not heard from for over three weeks and left her assigned patrol area early. What are the chances of a complete radio failure and would you know if anything like that has ever happened to any US Submarines?

[cliffjones]

cliff jones lesson to be learned google

[MrBugsier]

this equipment is not the original wat belonged on here.. Its still nice. But not original.