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January 24th Photos Page |
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Today was my fifth volunteer day onboard since I last posted photos on November 29th. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year, to be honest I'm glad the holiday season is now in the rear view mirror. I passed out calendars to my fellow volunteers again this year for the fifth year in a row, and if I must say so myself this years was the best so far. We have pretty much finished our restoration of the binnacle we've been working on and are ready to move it to be put on display in the Visitors Center soon. While the ship was closed for the month of January the Brass Team kept busy working along what will be the next Tour Route to open to the public. I'm talking about the long awaited Engineering Tour Route which will take visitors into Emergency Steering, Engine Room 2, Fire Room 2, one of the 5" magazines, Aft Plot, and feature a stroll down the full length of Broadway. That means there is a ton of Brass and other things to be cleaned up and made to shine, what I call a Target Rich Environment! The tentative date for opening this new Tour Route is Memorial Day 2010, that seems like a long time, but in terms of Saturdays that's not a lot of time at all. As always I'd like to encourage any of you that live close to the ship to come on down and volunteer some time on Saturday and get a sneak preview of what's to come. Below are some photos from my recent visits, hope to see you onboard soon! |
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cavity of the binnacle where the compass will sit. Note the red bulb, reflector and blinders that will regulate the light to illuminate the compass. |
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is the compass, finally mounted in it's gimbals and illuminated, how sweet is that? |
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we had the chance to check out a pair of vintage Japanese weapons recently donated to the ships collection. We'll be giving them a light cleaning and oiling in the next few weeks, after which they will be put on display in the Visitors Center. |
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one of the guys checks out a vintage Japanese Machine Gun. |
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beginning of another project to refurbish a cover from up on O5. One of the glass covers (on the left) was shattered allowing water to get into the dials. We removed it today and over the next few weeks it will be refinished and get two new glass covers. |
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the first of the year we got started on stops along the new Engineering Tour Route. Today we worked in one of the 5" Magazines along Broadway. |
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| Lot's of brightwork to shine down here! |
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| Another one of the hoists in the Magazine. |
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members of the gang have gone to work along Broadway putting a shine back on the brightwork there. |
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| Gauges and valves on the bulkhead along Broadway. |
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photo was taken two weeks after the one above showing the progress on refurbishing that cover from O5. |
