A Walking Tour of Battleship NJ in Drydock

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  @bucklinoutdoorpowerequipme3846 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I'm glad you did this video. I'm in a wheelchair and there was no way I could have done the tour. I know I was not the only one. Thank you.

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• GE

  @GeneCash · 2 years ago

  Ryan's now an expert on drydocking battleships... which he'll probably never do again.

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• VI

  @virginiaorganbuilder · 2 years ago

  I'm so pleased that I bit the bullet and went on this tour. Even though I didn't get Ryan as my tour guide, it was a wonderful experience. I'm definitely planning on a curator tour when she is back in Camden!

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• ST

  @stevenedington6265 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Ryan, first let me say thank you. Thank you for your work to preserve the memory of the Navy I remember. I am a tin can sailor from the 70’s. I served aboard a Gearing class can home ported out of Philadelphia. My ship was dry docked in Philly in 75. To see the below water artistry of the design of a ship is always exhilarating to me. I love what you do to preserve the memory of our efforts to preserve this nation. I love watching the videos you make and look forward to visiting the New Jersey someday. Again thank you! It helps me feel what I did has value.

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• ME

  @mediocregamer5678 · 2 years ago

  Any ship can serve as a mine sweeper once <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iBOG8ozWcA&amp;t=1912">31:52</a>

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• MA

  @markchiz64 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m so glad my brother and I were able to make the drydock tour. &nbsp;It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see this great ship out of the water. Thank you to my beautiful wife for purchasing the tickets for us for my 60th birthday. <br>Ryan looks like a proud father walking the New Jersey, and he should be. The contractors did excellent work on this project. Here&apos;s to another 30 years Ryan and company!<br>Long live BB62 the namesake of my home state, New Jersey !

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• KE

  @keegangarner500 · 2 years ago

  I went on a tour, to get the full experience you need to also hear 15 planes taking off as well!

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• SC

  @scowell · 2 years ago

  Amazing to watch a curator underneath his mega-sized object of curation. &nbsp;It&apos;s been a great trip Ryan, here&apos;s to the next one!

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• JA

  @jamesmoore869 · 2 years ago

  Thank you Ryan , support staff... Oh and BB-62 herself. <br>Thank you for saving this till the end. I&apos;m enjoying it be well <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/battleshipnewjersey">#battleshipnewjersey</a>

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• F-

  @F-Man · 2 years ago

  This was wonderful! I wasn’t able to make it out for a dry dock tour, but this makes me feel like I wasn’t left out. Thank you so much for doing this one - I know it had to have taken a lot of your very valuable time.

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• YO

  @Yoti1980 · 2 years ago

  Mom &quot;Why are you acting high?!?&quot;<br><br>Me: &quot;Ryan Szimanski told me to huff this!!!&quot;

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• DU

  @dukeofgibbon4043 · 2 years ago

  Ryan, the voulnteers and workers aren&apos;t only preserving New Jersey&apos;s history, you&apos;re part of the history that you&apos;re still literally writing.

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