What's a Whiskey Plank?

In this episode we're proud to announce we've finished re-teaking the main deck!

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[DevonRomero-sb]

I’m using my piece as a base for my New Jersey model. I gave the other piece I bought to my brother for Christmas. He’s currently serving in the Army, does carpentry as a hobby, and he mentioned a few years ago that he’d like to sneak on board and take a piece of teak from one of those battleships’ decks when nobody’s looking! lol when I heard about the museum selling the old teak, I had to buy one for him. It was a precious moment when he opened that gift!

[Odin]

As a guy who used to do flooring, I'd rather do a really big rectangular room. Than a really small odd shaped one. Those folks working on the deck have done a wonderful job.

[pastorjerrykliner]

"Unless a weather event happens that makes it too wet to work up here..."
Tropical Storm Debby--"Did someone say my name???"

[draygosiv]

The teak I have purchased I turn into handles for bottle openers, letter openers and other items I forge that I give to WW2, Korea, and Vietnam vets I come across at markets I go to as a blacksmith. I have also made some entirely with parts from New Jersey, with forge welding the steel bolts that were sold at one point, but generally use wrought iron from tredegar iron works or other salvage or restoration projects close to me.

[slartybarfastb]

Thank you to all the crew of BB62 for your constant efforts toward keeping her in beautiful condition. Every one of you should proudly consider yourselves to crewmates of USS New Jersey in the same lineage as those who came before you during active service. What an honor and rare experience for a person to be!

[michaelwild]

My teak is still on a shelf. I plan to either slice it to do some decking for models, slice it to make a stand for a battleship model, or just keep looking at it.

[jamesgascoyne.]

I think Ryan is secretly getting her ready to be deployed. He checked all the underside boxing could come off quickly. The rest of the hull is now ready. He's boxed the props so they can change all the packing inside the ship so they can get the shafts ready for for use. He's got the deck done now. If he gets here Re-piped inside then the navy only need to remove the under side blanks and prep the guns. It's all a plan lol.
Seriously thank. You so much Ryan for all you do. I believe you are the main driving force in all of this. You can't ever be faulted for all you've done. Thank you you are a star bud.

[ravenbarsrepairs]

Time to get a Battleship brand Whiskey

[vburke]

Got me a piece of teak and a deck bolt :). Going to make a shadow box of some sort to mount it all on the wall, place of honor.

[porcelainthunder]

The craftsmen who did the work did a beautiful job from what I saw last summer.

[PDLM]

Nice job the decking looks beautiful! Love it you and the Carpenters did a fantastic job! 👍👍👍👏👏👏👌👌

[JMdfcv]

The piece I acquired will serve as a base for my BB-62 model.

[kdjorlando]

Just picked up my finished teak block Sunday. Great tour of the turret and engine room. Our guide knew his stuff and was awesome.

[charlesmaurer]

BTW the deck sealer should have some zinc in it for UV protection of the wood. Would be fun to note if a special batch used an NJ anode to protect the wood after not being ate to protect the steel.

[nancpatterson]

Well done! Turned the teak into a custom pen.

[jamesmoore]

The BB-62 fan club love the content where ever it leads Ryan and Crew. Keep up the good work #battleshipnewjersey

[georgeflannary]

We have a small piece that sits right next to the piece of USS North Carolina’s steel and the piece of USS Intrepid’s flight deck we own. My kids and I are collecting pieces from the museum ships we visit (unfortunately the USS Olympia doesn’t sell pieces of the ship). I hope to get us to as many as we can, especially down to Texas for a piece of torpedo blister.

[aserta]

0:24 congratulations to everyone involved in that gargantuan project!!!

[YoloSwagNinja]

It’s nice to see that New Jersey is selling “real” navy wood. As far as I can tell, all the wood being sold by the Texas is stuff that was added later on during its years as a museum, and none saw actual service.

[johnennis]

Crazy to see grass growing on the deck of a battleship