British Guy Reacts to Cities at Sea: How Aircraft Carriers Work

British Guy Reacts to Cities at Sea: How Aircraft Carriers Work

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[ryankc]

People sometimes ask me, "How big is an aircraft carrier?". I had been aboard Theodore Roosevelt (5:57) for 2 years when one day I ran face to face into a friend I had known through middle school and high school. We recognized each other immediately. He had been aboard for a year and a half! So, we lived and worked aboard the same ship for a year and a half before we ever saw each other!

[trekkiexb]

Carriers: "You get a bunk, storage underneath and small locker"
You: "What? That's it"
Submarines: "Hold my beer"

[raej]

Years ago, my brother served on the USS Forrestal, a carrier that's since been retired. I was able to tour the ship and it totally blew my mind. They truly are a small city on the water. During wartime, his ship could hold 5, 000 men and women. It was HUGE. One really needs to see one to understand the scope of it all. One of my favorite memories.

[shuckins]

One thing I will say is that the berthing compartments (where you sleep) have curtains you can pull to have privacy. If you make friends with some people. you can get leather sewed into your curtains to make sure you are in complete darkness. When I was onboard the USS Bataan, my rack was near the hull so I could hear the waves crashing against it. It sounded like thunder. So with the sound of thunder, and being rocked back and forth to sleep, it was always a joy to go to bed! I miss that.

[Cashcrop]

A few years ago the U.S. tried to sink the Super carrier U.S.S. America. After 4-weeks they finally scuttled it. They used all possible threats short of a nuke. These Super Carriers are so big and built in a way that makes them very difficult to sink. Also if you watch the San Diego harbor live camera you can watch carriers, and other ships, going in and out.
Great video!

[Rosemari]

You're not an idiot. I'm in the U.S. army but knew very little about aircraft carriers. Learned a lot from this video!

[greeneyesinfl]

I was a Marine on a Navy ship many years ago, mail was so important as we didn't have email or cell phones😁👍

[a]

When I entered the Navy at 18 years old in 1979, I was younger than you Bees. So it is actually young guys your age that are the backbone of militaries around the world. I guess it is a credit to our nations leaders that serving in the military no longer necessary for your generation. I served onboard a carrier called the USS Ranger CV-61 and it was the experience of a lifetime. Surprisingly I was never bored during the 3 years I spent on that ship. I worked in the dental facility providing dental care to the crew of 5, 000. I think the Ranger must have been smaller then todays carriers and had fewer people. The food on the ship was top level and of course you can eat all you want and there was great variety. Imagine serving 20k, meals per day to 5k people. The logistics of that alone proves just how difficult it is to operate a carrier and supply it what everything it needs. The cost of operating a carrier is over 1 million USD per day... Let that sink in.!

[zhgcarmel]

The war games with the Swedish sub was on purpose. They intentionally let them get close to the carrier to see how they would do it.

[cfromcass]

Your reaction on this is precious. "Where do you want to mail this too?...the middle of the ocean" very funny!

[harryhamilton]

I was on one of those so called supply ships for 3 years, we moved everything from sodas and food, spare parts, to bombs and missiles, small arms. You name it we moved it. We could keep a carrier running at full for ever. When I got to my second boat some Marines had showed their asses at a port and the Admiral let it be known on the carrier if one more person got in trouble for anything he would keep the ship at sea until they returned home, with a proper supply ship that is very easily done.

[marksims]

Having the UK back in the carrier game makes me smile!!!

[dallasarnold]

The berthing for enlisted personnel on a carrier is really spacious compared to many of the other ships operated by the U.S. I was on one during Desert Shield /Storm where the enlisted bunks more like a cot were 6 high with just enough room to roll over. Probably the worst part of being on a carrier is that they are so big that there are a limited number of ports that can dock them, so the ship anchors off shore and personnel have to ride "liberty boats" to and from shore. Additionally, consider that many people converging on a port city all at once, and there could be more than one ship at that one time. Crazy crowds everywhere. I am surprised you did not know more of the nuclear capabilities. We also have a number of nuclear powered submarines as well.

[jamesrobertson]

I just happened on to your video today and being a Navy veteran of 6 years, I had to watch it. I did my 6 years before you was even born (1972-1978) and it was the best time of my life. I served on 3 different ships, none being an aircraft carrier. My first ship was a Destroyer Escort, the USS Brewton, DE-1086, and we followed the carriers, keeping an eye on any threats, possible crashes at take off and landing and for any man overboard accidents that would happen more frequently than one would think. My ship was a speck in the ocean compared to the carriers. We had a crew of under 500 so I don't think I would have ever been able to live on a carrier. I come from a small town in Oklahoma that never had a population over 1, 000 people so I was fine on the USS Brewton. You did a great job on this video so I just become a new sub to your channel.

[greggwilliamson]

That's 11 super carriers. They never add the 10 amphibious assault carriers that can carry another 20-25 F-35s each.

[hughsonj]

11:47 Getting your own bed is actually a step up. On some ships and submarines, you share your bed. Your counterpart on the opposite shift uses it while you are on duty.

[michaelkeller]

Working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The longest I went without touching land was 33 days straight sailing from Long Beach to the Philippines. Navy life, especially on a ship, is definitely not for everyone. My ship was only 860 feet long with about 3000 sailors and marines attached during deployment. The bells, the whistles, the drills, the watches, the stars at night, the blue ocean water, and the ports of call. Nothing else like it.

[JPMadden]

You can see at 2:08 that there is one carrier with the UK flag, which the narrator skips over. The UK now has two carriers: HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. They are the largest-ever warships for the Royal Navy and the most capable carriers in the world after the 11 American nuclear-powered supercarriers.

[draxxes]

The 11 US carrier are super carriers, they dont include the wasp class carriers US has for helicopters and harriers. The total is actually 27.

[joycesimmons]

When I lived in Chesapeake VA I had the awe-inspiring opportunity to observe four aircraft carriers docked in a row at the Norfolk Naval Base My brother, a 28 year Navy veteran, said the most he had seen there at one time was three.