A Tour of USS Enterprise With the Curator

On 1 April 1942, the 16 modified bombers and their crews that would make up the Doolittle Raid were loaded onto USS Hornet for their 18 April raid. Task Force 16, with Admiral Halsey in command from USS Enterprise, the focus of this tour, provided protection for Hornet on this mission.

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[alanrogers]

Congrats to Ryan for keeping a straight face. Of course, over the years that he has been doing videos, he has the practice time in. Good job, too bad it never happened.

[thekidfromcleveland]

The fact he went to Hornet with this idea in mind is hilarious and impressive. A man is determined not by talent or will but his ability to hold a grudge.

[MichaelHeal]

I love the idea of a large vintage aircraft fleet and fully functional catapults with passenger rides.

[casey]

Somehow out of all of that, I agree with Ryan’s implication that the least realistic element is the massive federal and state funding

[jimpolk]

Thanks for video. April 1st, the only day of the year one can tour the magnificent USS Enterprise CV-6.

[DK-gyll]

I know this is an April Fool's Joke, but it's not funny that CV-6 wasn't saved.

[resolute]

Fate protects fools, children, and ships named Enterprise.

[Paul-umzw]

The Enterprise's nameplate still exists and is in the town where I grew up, River Vale, NJ. When I was a kid, it was mounted just beyond the centerfield fence of a little-league baseball field. You'd get a free hot dog if you hit a home run over it (I came close once!). There was once also a big hunk of scrap metal near the town's main intersection that my Dad said was part of the ship.

[Shadooe]

I can't wait (in this reality) for Drach to visit to HMS Warspite.

[BCaldwell]

This channel is the most visited and decorated museum ship in the world.... What you are doing is above and beyond Ryan. You're awesome 🇺🇲

[joshuahughes]

Man it’s such an honor to help with Enterprise’s restoration. Very very well done.

[nicholaspagdanganan]

I went to hornet on my birthday, she was the most beautiful sight I have ever seen, I still have the pictures of it from a few years back. It’s so nice to go to a ship with an important part of history too her.

[OmegaReaver]

Can't wait for you to take a journey up to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to do a tour of HMCS _Bonaventure_ . As the world's last remaining _Majestic_ class aircraft carrier, she deserves to have the curator of such an illustrious CV do a video detailing her adventures! Like _Enterprise_, she features a fully functional catapult, with regular rides in her Cold War vintage F2H Banshees.

[chadfrench]

This is hilarious watching Ryan try and keep a straight face during all of this! Thanks for the video guys!

[FandersonUfo]

not fair - even on April 1st - I still weep that she was not saved

[virginiaorganbuilder]

Many years ago I took care of the pipe organ at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. The man in charge of the chapel, which includes Robert E. Lee's crypt, was Robert Peniston, former captain of the New Jersey, who was in charge of putting her in mothballs in 1969. I am very happy to have a personal connection to this ship. I love this fantastic channel!

[ribert]

You had me going for awhile there. My dad flew F6F off the Enterprise in '45 as a night aviator and he was on board when the elevator was hit. He was laying in his bunk the impact threw him to the floor, spalling from the attack started a fire in a near by locker. He tried to get to the deck but watched an armed Marine lock a water tight door. That spalling is still around.

[kmoecub]

Thank you for this hilarious video. I was lucky enough to have one of Admiral Doolittle's grandsons as my high-school American Literature teacher and his wife as my Jr. High Civics teacher. Gen. Doolittle's grandson was a glider pilot during the Vietnam War, and together he and his wife helped to engage thousands of students in becoming active and informed citizens. OCHS and Gardner Jr. High, Oregon City, OR, USA.

[richtidd]

And the best actor award for a comedy goes to Ryan Symanski.

[andreperrault]

Wish all of it was true. Good one Ryan
I wish we could have kept one from each class. All the ships represent the service and mission accomplishment of the men and women of the US Navy throughout our history